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. 260621 Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a one (1) year $ 1,000,000.00 SaaS contract (EV3603) with Digitech Computer LLC to provide a SaaS EMS billing System (“System”) for $6.20 per billable account and 3.95% of Net Collected Revenue for collection services for the six (6) month transition to the new System; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to amend the contract and exercise the City’s nine (9) one year renewal options with Council approval; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold on Agenda

   Hold on Agendato the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 7/21/2026

4. 260630 Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers RESOLUTION - Directing the City Auditor to perform a review of the City's various boards and commissions to determine whether there is redundancy among their functions and whether certain boards and commissions have issues meeting quorum requirements; and directing the City Auditor to report back findings to the City Council within 60 days. Immediate Adoption
   Resolution
   Action: Immediate Adoption

   Immediate Adoptionto the Council due back on 7/16/2026

5. HELD IN COMMITTEE
6. 260065 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Directing the City Manager to assign costs incurred by the Board of Police Commissioners beyond the twenty-five (25) percent annual budget threshold in Mo. Rev. Stat. 84.730 to a new fund entitled “KCPD Overage Fund” and establishing said fund in the books and records of the City; directing the City Manager to negotiate with the Board of Police Commissioners a process for Council approval of costs related to Board of Police Commissioners established settlement agreements, including settlements with costs structured over future budget cycles; and directing the City Manager to include an appropriation of $5,900,000.00 in the FY2026-2027 submitted budget from the KCPD Overage Fund for legal settlements and subjecting such payments to the council ordinance process.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold on Agenda

   Hold on Agendato the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 7/21/2026

7. 260071 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to review site, design, and acquisition matters for the purpose of designing and constructing a Midtown Justice Campus, a co-location of the Kansas City Police Department Central Patrol Division and the Community Resource Center, and report back to City Council within 30 days.
   Resolution
   Action: Hold on Agenda

   Hold on Agendato the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 7/21/2026

8. 260557 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Amending Chapter 48, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Section 48-52 for the purpose of declaring businesses operating without required licenses, permits, or other governmental approvals to constitute nuisances per se, thereby allowing for the abatement thereof to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
   Resolution
   Action: Hold on Agenda

   Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 7/21/2026

9. 260612 Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, “Alcoholic Beverages,” by repealing and replacing Section 10-214 for the purpose of requiring neighborhood notification where any licensed premises changes the type of alcohol served.
   Ordinance
   Action: Hold on Agenda

   Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 7/21/2026

10. 260613 Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, “Alcoholic Beverages,” by repealing and replacing Section 10-266 for the purpose of requiring notice be sent to inform neighbors and neighborhood organizations of a change in ownership to solicit feedback and input through existing licensing processes.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee due back on 7/21/2026

11. 260614 Sponsor: Director of General Services Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $1,657,866.00 contract with Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC to perform the Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilities Music Hall and Little Theatre Restroom Renovations; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to amend the Contract and expend up to $250,000.00 for contingencies; reducing $1,844,403.08 of the appropriations in the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A Fund and reappropriating same for the purpose of reallocating GO bond project proceeds for entertainment facilities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute
    Ordinance
    Action: Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub

    Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Subto the Council due back on 7/16/2026

12. 260617 Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to collaborate with area school districts, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, philanthropic partners, and private sector employers to evaluate the feasibility of reestablishing the Exchange City educational program for Kansas City-area students and to report recommendations to the City Council.
    Resolution
    Action: Hold on Agenda

    Hold on Agendato the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee due back on 7/21/2026

13. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
14. 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.
15. Adjournment
16. 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.
    Ordinance
    Action: Release

    Release

17. 251001 Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Kevin O’Neill and Wes Rogers COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the City Manager to enter into Amendment No. 1 to the 2025-2026 Transit Services Agreement with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in the amount of $3,918,655.00 to provide Fiscal Year 2026 IRIS service and limiting service to the Northland of Kansas City beginning on January 1, 2026; appropriating $3,918,655.00 for street resurfacing from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund (3090); reducing $3,918,655.00 of street resurfacing expenditures in the Public Mass Transportation Fund (2080); increasing $3,918,655.00 of street resurfacing expenditures in the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund (3090); reducing $3,918,655.00 in appropriations and appropriating $3,918,655.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund (2080); appropriating $3,918,655.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Release

    Release

18. 250996 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea RESOLUTION - Expressing the Council’s intent to advocate for legislation that would authorize the City to enact an ordinance to provide for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of all-terrain vehicles or off-road vehicles unlawfully operating on the highways, streets, or rights-of-way within the City.
    Resolution
    Action: Release

    Release

19. 250889 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Reducing appropriations in the amount of $15,028,929.97 in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; temporarily borrowing $2,971,070.03 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund pursuant to Section 806(a)(3) of the City Charter and estimating revenue in the same amount to the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; appropriating $25,000,00.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; and directing the Director of Finance to repay the temporary loan to the Capital Improvements Fund by April 30, 2027; designating requisitioning authority; authorizing the Director of General Services to execute contract EV-4177 in an amount up to $19,225,000.00 with Brown & Root Industrial Services, Inc for construction of a Temporary Modular Jail; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Ordinance
    Action: Release

    Release

20. 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: Release

    Release

21. 250879 Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett RESOLUTION - Requesting the Mayor of Kansas City appoint the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) representative from Platte County in compliance with state statute by October 13, 2025.
    Resolution
    Action: Release

    Release

22. 250713 Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with the Kansas City EDC Loan Corporation (the “EDCLC”) to provide funding for a multifamily project at 9th and Central; estimating City Surplus Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenue in the amount of $2,800,000.00 in the General Fund; appropriating $2,800,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
    Resolution
    Action: Release

    Release

23. 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: Release

    Release

24. 250681 Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett RESOLUTION - Clarifying the intended application of the City’s Incentive Policies and directing the City Manager to develop policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the intended applicability of those policies and to make recommendations to Council within 30 days.
    Resolution
    Action: Release

    Release

25. 250652 Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a one-year lease agreement with two options to renew for one year each with Diamond Food, LLC, dba Break Time for the purpose of a convenience store located at 1128 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.
    Ordinance
    Action: Release

    Release