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Jackson County budget committee advances $935,000 MoDOT grant for Little Blue Trace–Rock Island trail
Summary
The Jackson County budget committee recommended perfection of Ordinance 6,047 to appropriate a $935,000 MoDOT-administered grant into the 2025 grant fund, changing the funding split on the Mega KC construction contract for the Little Blue Trace–Rock Island connector trail.
At 11:15 a.m., the Jackson County budget committee recommended perfection of Ordinance 6,047, which would transfer and appropriate $935,000 from the undesignated balance of the 2025 grant fund to cover two MoDOT-administered grants for the Little Blue Trace–Rock Island connector trail.
Michelle Newman, director of Jackson County Parks Plus Rec., told the committee the county legislature previously approved a construction contract with Mega KC under Ordinance 6,004 on 09/22/2025 and that the total contract amount is $2,870,540. "The total of those 2 grants is $935,000 which is administered by MoDOT," Newman said, explaining the requested appropriation is needed "to place the grant funds into the proper spending accounts." She said that with approval, the Mega KC contract would be funded at $1,935,540 from the county improvement fund and $935,000 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2025 grant fund.
The presiding chair asked to confirm the grant source; Newman confirmed MoDOT administers the grants. The chair then called for a motion to perfect the ordinance; a motion was made and, after a voice vote in which those present responded "aye," the committee announced it would recommend perfection of Ordinance 6,047. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or names for individual votes.
The committee proceedings were brief: the presentation summarized project funding and the committee moved the ordinance forward for perfection. The meeting concluded with brief thanks and adjournment.
