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***Public Testimony is Limited to 2 Minutes***
FIRST READINGS
Sponsor: Director of Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled Chris Hernandez v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2216-CV27734, in the amount of $1,400,000.00.
Sponsor: Director of Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled Frank Blake v. Richard Starks and City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 22AE-CC00261, in the amount of $387,000.00.
Sponsor: Director of Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of the lawsuits entitled City of Kansas City, Missouri v. International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 42, Case No. 2416-CV11242, including the resolution of the associated grievance and arbitration, and Dominic Biscari v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 21-100877 for a Workers’ Compensation benefit filed by the employee for injuries resulting from an accident while employed by the City in the amount of $915,000.00.
Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to research and evaluate the feasibility of establishing a temporary modular jail facility, including central booking capabilities, to meet the City’s current rehabilitation and detention needs.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 50-161, Loitering, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter titled, Obstructing reasonable movement of traffic; and directing the City Manager to report on implementation.
Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
RESOLUTION - Establishing the Kansas City Vacant Land Activation Initiative to develop coordinated, comprehensive strategies for transforming vacant land of all ownership types into community assets through administrative and legislative approaches.
Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Appropriating $1,500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Housing Trust Fund for the purpose of providing funds for the Olive Street / Promise Place housing project consisting of 85 units; designating requisitioning authority; conditioning funding on the application and award of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) by December 31, 2025; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
HELD IN COMMITTEE
Sponsor: City Manager
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing and replacing Article IX, Division 8, “Healthcare System,” consisting of Sections 2-1390-2-1394 with a new Division 8 of like title consisting of Sections 2-1390-1393, to amend the name and membership of the Healthcare System Board of Trustees to the Healthcare System Board and to establish regulations for its operation; amending Workers’ Compensation Sections 2-1302 and 2-1304, with new sections of like number and subject matter, to amend the membership of the Workers’ Compensation Board and address compensability; and repealing Ordinance Nos. 180420 and 180775 for the purpose of reallocating healthcare association resources to the Healthcare System Fund.
Sponsor: Director of General Services Department
Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $109,500.00 Contract Amendment No. 4 with Doxim Utilitec, LLC, to add collections for third party payments for the Water Bill Printing and Mailing Services project for a total contract amount of $2,764,751.23; waiving the Section 2-1615(c) requirement for daily deposits; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Sponsor: City Manager
Authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri, in an amount not to exceed $5,196,000.00 for the purpose of providing funds for certain development and redevelopment activities; authorizing expenditure from previously appropriated funds; and designating requisitioning authority.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
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Adjournment