20-07-2025
Jackson County to decide on county assessor with November vote
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County voters will get the chance to vote for their county assessor in November.
An ordinance passed by the legislature, then vetoed by the county executive, was overruled by the legislature on Friday.
The ballot this November will ask voters if the assessor should be an elected position.
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'We want the citizens to have a voice, both not only an elected assessor, but in this recall election,' said Jackson County Legislator DaRon McGee.
'We are now giving residents a long, hard choice that they have so desperately asked for to elect an assessor in this county.'
If approved by voters, the first vote for county assessor would be held in November of 2028.
'It means accountability,' McGee said.
'So right now, for most people, the assessment department is a deep closet that nobody knows where anything is, right? It allows people to have an option to have some accountability when your taxes are being raised, when there is an inadequate BOE process, when facts are not being really known.'
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Currently, Jackson County is the only county in Missouri that does not vote for their county assessor.
'I think it's only fair when you have your most expensive asset, which is your home, your car and your property tax is being raised without any accountability,' McGee said on Friday.
The vote passed on Friday with a vote of 7-2. Legislators Megan Smith and Jeanie Lauer voted against the ordinance.
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