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Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · 10:30 AM AM · 26th Floor, Council Chamber

TL;DR

The Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee addressed police funding, criminal justice infrastructure, education programs, and city technology systems. The committee considered a $5.9 million appropriation for police legal settlements through a new budget mechanism, plans for a combined police-community resource facility, and a $1 million annual contract for a new emergency medical services billing system.

Key Decisions

  • KCPD Overage Fund and Settlement Payments Held in Committee
  • Midtown Justice Campus Site Review and Design Held in Committee
  • Exchange City Educational Program Feasibility Study Held in Committee
  • EMS Billing System SaaS Contract with Digitech Computer LLC Held in Committee
Agenda PDF

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. HELD IN COMMITTEE
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
  8. 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.
  9. Adjournment