Jackson County Legislator Sean Smith Talks Payments & Accountability

This story has a background that's worth a look at what might be another longstanding beef between Independence vs. Downtown officials. 

Here is the quick version and links for those of us looking at the big picture . . .

One of the issues Smith brought up was that the County Executive cannot enter into any contracts above $25,000 without a legislature vote.

“They actually signed a contract that obligated us to $24,000, plus three annual payments of $4,000 a piece,” Smith said. “There seems to have been, honestly, a bit of a cover-up, and when we asked about it they reduced the amount of the purchase order to be under $25,000, but the contract was already signed.”

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