Kansas City Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee — Meeting Minutes (Sept 16, 2025)

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***

Sponsor: City Attorney Authorizing and accepting opioid settlements with Sandoz, Inc, Purdue Pharma/Sackler, and the Secondary Distributors (Alvogen, Amneal, Apotex, Hikma, Indivior, Mylan, Sun, and Zydus); and authorizing the City Attorney to settle these claims and further negotiate with the State of Missouri over the City’s portion of Purdue Pharma/Sackler Family settlement proceeds pursuant to the MOU executed between the City and the State of Missouri.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the North Oak Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: Director of Finance Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Ordinance No. 250170 by repealing Section 1 and enacting in its place a new Section 1 adjusting tax levy rates for the General Fund, Health Levy Fund, General Debt and Interest Fund, and Museum Special Revenue Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson RESOLUTION - Receiving the Kansas City Global Music Strategy from Creative City KC, Inc.; acknowledging additional recommendations for the Kansas City Global Music Strategy; and directing the City Manager to convene an internal working group to review the recommendations and report back to Council within one hundred and twenty (120) days.

Sponsor: Director of General Services Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to piggyback off the Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Agreement and issue a $1,121,408.00 Purchase Order (EV4142) to Spencer Manufacturing, Inc., dba Spencer Fire Trucks, Inc to provide fire trucks for the Fire Department; authorizing the Fire Chief to expend $1,121,408.00 from previously appropriated funds; appropriating $1,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Fire Capital Sales Tax; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Sponsor: Director of Aviation Department Estimating revenue in the amount of $0.00; and authorizing the Director of Aviation to execute a thirty (30) year lease agreement with two (2) ten (10) year renewal options with Airside Innovation Missouri, LLC, for the purpose of developing property to include aprons, hangars, offices, fuel farm and vehicle parking at the Kansas City Downtown Airport.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Estimating revenue in the amount of $15,080,817.20 in the Taxable Special Obligation Series 2026A Project Fund, Fund No. 3456 and appropriating the same to the Roy Blunt Luminary Park Project; authorizing the Director of Finance to close accounts upon project completion; declaring the intent of the City to reimburse itself from bond proceeds for certain expenditures; authorizing the City Manager to execute a Development Agreement with the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri (Port KC), Downtown Council (DTC), and DTC Community Development, Inc. (DTCCD); authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 4 of a design professional contract with HNTB Corporation for $13,697,600.00; authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 of contract with ProjectFirst, LLC for $670,269.46; authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 of a contract with JE Dunn and Clarkson Construction Company for $712,947.74; directing the Roy Blunt Luminary Park Project to identify a total of $50,000,000.00 in private commitments prior to the City Manager bringing an ordinance for Council consideration to request the issuance of Special Obligation Bonds in fiscal year ending in April 30, 2027; directing the City Manager to develop and implement strategies with the Downtown Council to ensure a welcome and inclusive environment for all residents; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 3, Code of Ordinance, “Contracting and Leases,” by repealing and replacing Sections 3-425, 3-505, and 3-622, and amending Chapter 74, Code of Ordinance, “Kansas City Redevelopment Ordinance,” by repealing and replacing Section 74-11, to modify the provision of certain city policies to economic development areas tax increment financing plans.

Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas and Councilmember Eric Bunch COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Reducing $15,000.00 of the appropriations in Fund No. 3518 General Obligation Bond Series 2018A Question 1, $59,292.69 of the appropriations in Fund No. 3519 General Obligation Bond Series 2019A Question 1, $46,766.40 of the appropriations in Fund No. 3520 General Obligation Bond Series 2020 Question 1, $96,911.46 of the appropriations in Fund No. 3434 2016B Special Obligation Taxable Bond, $158,619.98 of the appropriations in Fund No. 3436 Special Obligation 2017 Taxable Bond, $426,500.25 of the appropriations in Fund 3439 2020A Taxable Special Obligation Bond, $183,823.88 of the appropriations in Fund No. 3441 Special Obligation Series 2021B, $913,085.34 of the appropriations in the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund and appropriating $1,900,000.00 for the purpose of reallocating General Obligation Bond and Special Obligation Bond project proceeds and Capital Improvements Sales Tax funds for 89023056 Broadway Bike Lane - 31st to 43rd; reducing $1,500,000.00 of the appropriations in the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund and appropriating $1,500,000.00 for 89008938 Southwest Blvd-31st to Broadway Study; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

HELD IN COMMITTEE

Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas 2nd COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to study and develop recommendations for establishing an Office of Grants and Philanthropy Management and develop standardized grant policies and procedures with a report back to Council within 90 days.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Arlington Road Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Shoal Creek Parkway Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the River Market Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Determining that the Blue Ridge Mall Tax Increment Financing Plan is making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of the projects therein.

Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett Approving the First Amendment to the Metro North Mall General Development Plan to amend the Estimated Completion Time to twenty years from passage of this Ordinance and affirming the findings of the City Council made when approving the Plan.

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.

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.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

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Adjournment