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Jackson County Legislature approves amendments, several appropriations and consent agenda items
Summary
At its Oct. 27 meeting the Jackson County Legislature adopted multiple committee-amended ordinances and appropriations (including Ordinance 6011 and appropriations tied to treatment-court and juvenile diversion grants) and approved the consent agenda. Recorded roll calls showed primarily 8 yes, 1 absent tallies on several items.
The Jackson County Legislature approved a series of committee-recommended amendments, perfected and adopted multiple ordinances and appropriations and carried the consent agenda at its Oct. 27 session.
Ordinance 6011 (revising provisions relating to the Board of Equalization) was amended in committee, perfected and adopted following roll-call votes. The meeting record shows the adoption sequence for the amendment and the final ordinance with recorded roll calls concluding with a tally of 8 yes and 1 absent.
The legislature also accepted committee amendments and adopted appropriations accepting grants: an appropriation of $566,113 to accept OSCA treatment court funding and an appropriation of $185,600 to accept juvenile court diversion funding from the State of Missouri. Committee reports recommended perfection as amended; the body perfected and adopted those items (voice votes and roll calls in the record indicated 8 yes, 1 absent on the final motions).
A substitute for Resolution 22084 (a transfer of $818,068 within the county improvement fund and contract extensions for professional services related to the new detention center) was accepted and adopted after roll-call votes. The meeting placed several other items (Resolutions 22054, 22074, 22076, 22079 and 22082) on a consent agenda, which passed by roll call (8 yes, 1 absent).
Procedural note: several items were held where committees had not met. Public hearings for land-use ordinances 6026–6028 were announced for a future date and locations.
