The Jackson County Legislature voted Friday to submit a proposed amendment to the Jackson County charter to the qualified voters at the Aug. 5, 2025, primary election, adopting proposed ordinance No. 5909.

The clerk read the ordinance summary into the record as submitting the question to voters. After a motion to adopt, the legislature conducted a roll-call vote and approved the measure by a 5-2-1 margin with one member excused. The clerk announced the final tally as “5 yes, 2 no, 1 abstaining, 1 excused.”

The vote was taken by roll call. Individual recorded votes in the transcript included Anderson voting no, Peyton voting yes, Marshall voting no, Abarca voting yes, Husky voting yes, Smith voting yes and McGee voting yes. Jeanne Lauer was recorded as excused for the meeting. The transcript summary given aloud by the clerk matched the numeric tally recorded at the meeting.

The ordinance as read directs that the charter amendment question be placed on the ballot for the Jackson County primary election on Aug. 5, 2025. The transcript does not include the full amendment text or details of the proposed changes; the clerk’s reading stated only that the question would be submitted to qualified voters at the primary election.

No amendments or substitute motions were recorded during the final-passage vote. The legislature did not take further action on the substance of the amendment during the meeting; the next procedural step is the placement of the question on the Aug. 5 ballot and any public information or voter materials required by law.

The meeting record shows one member—Jeanne Lauer—was excused and that the matter was certified for placement on the primary-election ballot.