Joint Committee of the Council Standing Committees
TL;DR
The City Council's Joint Committee met to address police budget oversight and public safety funding. The main items included establishing a new fund to manage Police Commissioner costs that exceed budget thresholds, allocating $5.9 million for legal settlements, directing review of a proposed Midtown Justice Campus combining police and community services, and setting funding priorities for public safety sales tax revenue.
Key Decisions
- KCPD Overage Fund Creation Committee Substitute passed
- $5.9 Million Legal Settlement Appropriation Approved for FY2026-2027 budget
- Midtown Justice Campus Review Resolution directing 30-day feasibility review
- Public Safety Sales Tax Funding Priorities Resolution to establish priorities held in committee
Agenda
- 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***
- 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
- 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
- 260886 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Establishing the City Council’s funding priorities for the expenditure of Public Safety Sales Tax funds.Resolution
- HELD IN COMMITTEE
- ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
- 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.
- Adjournment