Jackson County Administrator Troy Schulte added some clarity Tuesday to the question of where at least one of Kansas City’s two major sports franchises will most likely be playing their games in the coming decades.

Schulte told county legislators that he’s confident the Chiefs will remain at the Truman Sports Complex long after the team’s current lease expires in 2031. That’s been the source of much doubt and speculation since voters rejected a sales tax measure last spring, which would have kept the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium and helped the Royals build a new ballpark downtown.

“I was able to attend a meeting last week with the Chiefs,” Schulte said. “Those conversations were very positive. We’re going to keep pursuing the conversations with the Chiefs remaining at Arrowhead. We have a non-disclosure agreement, which prevents me from talking specifics other than to say that the tone was very cordial, very positive.

“I think we can work something out.”

As for the Royals, Schulte said the county government, which owns Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums, has to his knowledge had ”no conversations with the Royals in several months.”

Schulte’s comments came in response to questions from legislator Manny Abarca, who at the meeting and in social media posts earlier in the day expressed concerns that the county was in danger of losing one or both teams.

The Royals organization has been adamant about the club’s intention to leave Kauffman for a new ballpark somewhere else in the metro area, be it downtown, North Kansas City or possibly across the state line in the Kansas suburbs.

That would allow the Chiefs to be the sole tenant at the sports complex. After the Royals unveiled their plans in February for a $1 billion-plus ballpark in the Crossroads area immediately south of downtown, the Chiefs announced an $800 million project that involved renovating Arrowhead, demolishing Kauffman Stadium and building a covered entertainment center there.

Both projects were to be taxpayer-subsidized along with investments from the teams.

Neither the Chiefs nor the Royals have been specific about how the defeated sales tax proposal would change their plans, other than that they both were exploring multiple options.

The Chief had no immediate comment on Schulte’s characterization of the talks that the team and the county have had recently. Nor did Schulte address whether the Chiefs’ practice facility would remain at the sports complex.