Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

Agenda

1. PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. Any closed session may be held via teleconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Applicants and citizens wishing to participate have the option of attending each meeting or they may do so through the videoconference platform ZOOM, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968 ***Public Testimony is Limited to 2 Minutes***
2. FIRST READINGS
3. COUNCIL
4. 250892 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving the recommendations of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City, Missouri as to the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan and approving the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan.
   Ordinance
   Action: Adv and Do Pass

   Adv and Do Passto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

5. 250893 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 1 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold off Agenda

   Hold off Agenda

6. 250895 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 2 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold off Agenda

   Hold off Agenda

7. 250896 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 3 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold off Agenda

   Hold off Agenda

8. 250897 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 4 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold off Agenda

   Hold off Agenda

9. 250898 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 5 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold off Agenda

   Hold off Agenda

10. 250899 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Approving and designating Redevelopment Project Area 6 of the Columbus Park Tax Increment Financing Plan; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

11. CITY MANAGERS OFFICE
12. 250900 Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department Accepting and approving the recommendation of the Clay County KC TIF Commission, as to the termination of the Chouteau I-35 Tax Increment Financing Plan and the termination of the designation of the Redevelopment Project Areas 3 and 4 described therein; acknowledging that the twenty-three-year statutory periods for the capture of tax increment allocation financing within Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, and 3 have expired; declaring as surplus of those funds within the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with such Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4; dissolving the special allocation fund(s) established in connection with Redevelopment Project Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4; and directing the City Clerk to send copies of this ordinance to Clay County.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass, Consent

    Adv and Do Pass, Consentto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

13. LAW DEPARTMENT
14. 250903 Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement in the amount of $450,000.00 for a claim for a workers' compensation benefit filed by David Hutson for injuries resulting from accidents on August 12, 2021, while employed by the City.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass, Consent

    Adv and Do Pass, Consentto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

15. 250904 Sponsor: Director of Law Department Approving and authorizing settlement in the amount of $360,000.00 for a claim for a workers' compensation benefit filed by John Germann for injuries resulting from an accident on October 12, 2015, while employed by the City.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass, Consent

    Adv and Do Pass, Consentto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

16. MAYORS OFFICE
17. 250909 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Consenting to the appointment of Diane Binckley as a member and Abbey Brinkley as an alternate member to the Kansas City Tax Increment Financing Commissions.
    Resolution
    Action: Immediate Adoption As A Consent

    Immediate Adoption As A Consentto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

18. HELD IN COMMITTEE
19. 250553 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Expressing the need for and desire to implement a software grant management system.
    Resolution
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Council due back on 12/2/2025

20. 250711 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Enacting a new Chapter 52, Code of Ordinances, containing Sections 52-1 to 52-9 to provide for the regulation of surface parking lots in the City’s entertainment districts and Central Business District Area, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, and providing for a delayed effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Council due back on 10/28/2025

21. 250853 Sponsor: Director of Finance Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Adopting the 2025 Update of the Citywide Business Plan with the latest Five-Year Planning Models; directing the City Manager to include assumptions of the 2025 Update in the FY 2026-27 Submitted Budget; and directing the City Manager to align departmental strategic plans and business plans to the Citywide Business Plan.
    Resolution
    Action: Immediate Adoption as a Committee Substitute

    Immediate Adoptionto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

22. 250862 Sponsor: Director of Finance Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Waiving the limitations established by the Fund Balance and Reserve Policy in Section 2-1954 of the Code of Ordinances; appropriating $5,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Convention and Tourism Fund (2360), to include $4,800,000.00 for expenditures related to hosting the World Cup, $100,000.00 to Illuminate KC, and $100,000.00 to provide support for the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City (“ArtsKC”); designating requisitioning authorities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub

    Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Subto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

23. 250880 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Amending Chapter 70, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 70-308 and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter for the purposes of clarifying the unlawful use of certain vehicles.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass

    Adv and Do Passto the Council due back on 10/23/2025

24. 250882 Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough Appropriating $100,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to provide the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City (“ArtsKC”) with a request for supplemental appropriation and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

25. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
26. The City Clerk`s Office now has equipment for the hearing impaired for use with every meeting. To check out the equipment please see the secretary for each committee. Be prepared to leave your Driver`s License or State issued Identification Card with the secretary and she will give you the equipment. Upon returning the equipment your license will be returned.
27. Adjournment