Council
TL;DR
The Kansas City Council held a meeting focused on several tax increment financing (TIF) plans, potential waterworks revenue bonds, and legislative priorities for 2026. Multiple ordinances were referred to the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee for further review, including a $750 million waterworks bond proposal and a potential renewal of the city's one-percent earnings tax.
Key Decisions
- Waterworks Revenue Bond Proposal Referred to Committee
- One-Percent Earnings Tax Renewal Election Referred to Committee
- LaunchKC Startup Cohort Recognition Passed
- Prohibiting Certain Psychoactive Substances Referred to Committee
- $25.4 Million Workday ERP System Contract Referred to Committee
Agenda
- CHAPLAIN OF THE MONTH:
- Pastor Dr. Serita Wright - Commissioned to Heal Community Outreach
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
- ROLL CALL:
- PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS:
- Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Closed Sessions may be held by teleconference.
- SPECIAL ACTIONS:
- 251004 Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough RESOLUTION - Honoring the 2025 LaunchKC cohort and these startups along with over 120 LaunchKC alumni companies are helping build the next generation of great businesses, brands, and technologies in Kansas City, Missouri.Special ActionAction: Adopted Passed
A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 251005 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Honoring and recognizing Booker T. Allen on the occasion of his retirement from the Convention and Entertainment Facilities Department after ten years of dedicated service to the City of Kansas City.ResolutionAction: Held on Docket
Held on Docket
- FINAL READINGS:
- CONSENT DOCKET
- DEBATE DOCKET
- COMMITTEE ADVANCES:
- CONSENT DOCKET
- DEBATE DOCKET
- SECOND READINGS:
- 17 FIRST READINGS:Action: Waive Charter Requirements Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Parks-Shaw, seconded by Councilmember Bough, that this be Waive Charter Requirements.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- FINANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
- 251008 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the Fourteenth Amendment to the Briarcliff West Tax Increment Financing Plan.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251010 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Approving the Second Amendment to the Prospect North Tax Increment Financing Plan; and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement between City of Kansas City and the TIF CommissionOrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251011 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Brush Creek Corridor Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251012 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Hotel Phillips Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251013 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Gateway 2000 Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251014 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Revised Commerce Tower Village Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251015 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Kansas City Convention Center Headquarters Hotel Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251016 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Pioneer Plaza Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251026 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, “Administration,” by repealing and replacing Section 2-89 for the purpose of clarifying authority over employees in the administrative service and reauthorizing and amending the City Manager’s authority to enter into severance agreements with unclassified employees.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251027 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Providing for submission to the qualified voters of the City for their approval at an election called for April 7, 2026, the question of authorizing the issuance of waterworks revenue bonds of the City in the principal amount of $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, improving and extending the waterworks system of the City, including acquiring necessary land and rights of way, in order to provide for its continuing operation and to maintain compliance with federal, state and judicial requirements; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election authorities of this election; declaring the City’s intention to set rates; declaring the City’s intention to reimburse itself from revenue bond proceeds for bond related expenditures; recognizing this ordinance to have an accelerated effective; and establishing an effective date for the voter authorization.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251028 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas and Councilmembers Nathan Willett and Johnathan Duncan, and Darrell Curls Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new section 50-206 and 50-207 for the purpose of prohibiting the sale of certain psychoactive substances and dangerous chemical inhalants within the City.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251029 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Calling for submission to the voters of Kansas City, at an election to be held on the general municipal election day of April 7, 2026, a question of whether to continue Kansas City’s current one-percent earnings tax for five years; directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the election; and recognizing an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251030 Sponsor: Director of Finance Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute $25,405,195.00 ten-year contract (EV3002) with Iron Brick Associates, LLC to provide the Workday SaaS enterprise resource planning (ERP) system; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to amend the contract and execute up to two five-year optional contract renewal terms subject to appropriation of funds; and designating requisitioning authority.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251033 Sponsor: Director of Parks and Recreation Department Waiving the limitations established by the Fund Balance and Reserve Policy in Section 2-1954 of the Code of Ordinances; appropriating $2,031,975.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Parks and Recreation Fund for maintenance projects at Gregg/Klice Community Center pool, Penguin Park, and the Parks and Recreation Administration building; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251036 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Establishing the City of Kansas City's major priorities and positions on matters of regional importance to the Kansas City metropolitan area and for the 2026 session of the Kansas State Legislature.ResolutionAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251037 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Establishing the City of Kansas City's legislative priorities and positions on matters that may come before the remainder of the 119th United States Congress in 2026.ResolutionAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251038 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Establishing the City of Kansas City's major legislative priorities and positions on matters for the 2026 session of the Missouri General Assembly.ResolutionAction: referred
referredto the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
- 251017 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the plat of Woodhaven 3rd Plat, an addition in Platte County, Missouri, on approximately 22 acres generally located at the northwest corner of Line Creek Parkway and Northwest 97th Street, creating 89 lots and 5 tracts for the purpose of a residential development; accepting various easements; establishing grades on public ways; authorizing the Director of City Planning and Development and Director of Water Services to execute and/or accept certain agreements; and directing the City Clerk to facilitate the recordation of this ordinance and attached documents. (CLD-FnPlat-2025-00030)OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251018 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Approving the petition to establish the Hillcrest Community Improvement District; establishing the Hillcrest Community Improvement District generally located northwest of the intersection of 83rd Street and Hillcrest Road in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; determining the District to be a blighted area; determining that certain actions are reasonably anticipated to remediate blighting conditions and will serve a public purpose; requiring the annual submission of certain records; and directing the City Clerk to report the creation of the District to the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Missouri State Auditor.OrdinanceAction: referred
referredto the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251019 Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill Rezoning an area of about 107 acres generally located on the southwest corner of Northwest 100th Street and North Platte Purchase Drive from Districts R-7.5, B3-3 and MPD to District MPD and approving a development plan that also serves as a preliminary plat to allow for a residential development. (CD-CPC-2025-00129)ResolutionAction: referred
referredto the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 12/9/2025
- 251039 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Parrish & Sons Construction.Special ActionAction: Adopted Passed
A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 251039 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Parrish & Sons Construction.Special ActionAction: Move to Advance Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Duncan, seconded by Councilmember Curls, that this Special Action be Move to Advance.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 251040 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Recognizing the graduates of Community Engagement University for the Fall 2025 term.Special ActionAction: Move to Advance Passed
A motion was made by Councilmember Parks-Shaw that this Special Action be Move to Advance.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 251040 Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Recognizing the graduates of Community Engagement University for the Fall 2025 term.Special ActionAction: Adopted Passed
A motion was made that this Special Action be Adopted.. The motion carried by the following vote:
- 44 FLOOR INTRODUCTION(S)Action: Move To Introduce
Move To Introduce