Special Committee for Legal Review

Monday, March 23, 2026 · 2:00 PM AM · 26th Floor, Council Chamber

TL;DR

The Special Committee for Legal Review held a meeting on March 23, 2026, where most agenda items were postponed for future consideration. The committee advanced one significant ordinance regarding police settlement funding, which creates a new $5.9 million fund to handle legal settlements and costs beyond the police budget threshold.

Key Decisions

  • KCPD Overage Fund for Police Settlements Advanced to Council
  • Chapter 44 Ordinance Amendment (Prisoner Custody Regulations) Held off Agenda
  • 63rd and Prospect Development Contract Review Held off Agenda
  • Data Center Economic Development Standards Held off Agenda
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Planning Organization (KCMO-MPO) Review Held off Agenda
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. 220444 Amending Chapter 44, Code of Ordinances, Corrections, by repealing Sections 44-1, 44-9 and 44-11 relating to prisoners in the custody of the City, and enacting in lieu thereof three new sections of like number and subject matter.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

  3. 230471 Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Kevin O’Neill and Heather Hall Amending Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 220364, passed on October 13, 2022, by repealing and replacing Section 5 to provide for an effective date of July 1, 2024.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

  4. 231053 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Repealing Ordinance No. 231011 and directing the City Manager, in the event of the developer’s failure to perform its contractual obligations, to terminate the 63rd and Prospect development contract and issue a request for proposals for the 63rd and Prospect development area.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

  5. 250974 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to align agencies that provide economic development incentives involved in the development and regulation of data centers to ensure uniform adherence to evolving best standards and practices.
    Resolution
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

  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: Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub

    Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Subto the Council due back on 3/26/2026

  7. HELD IN COMMITTEE
  8. 240401 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Directing the City Manager to review the City’s relationship with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and to explore the creation of a new and independent Kansas City Metropolitan Planning Organization (KCMO-MPO) for the purpose of overseeing the regional transportation planning and allocation of federal transportation funds within the boundaries of Kansas City.
    Resolution
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

  9. 240474 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Authorizing the City Manager to enter into an MOU with the KCATA setting out the process for approval of TEFRA certificates for KCATA projects.
    Ordinance
    Action: Hold off Agenda

    Hold off Agenda

  10. SEMI-ANNUAL DOCKET Consideration of Semi-Annual Docket items.
  11. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
  12. 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.
  13. Adjournment