Committee advances restroom renovation funding
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The committee advanced a $1,657,866 contract for restroom renovations at the Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilities Music Hall and Little Theatre, while holding or referring several other items for later review.
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The biggest action was moving forward a contract to renovate restrooms at the Music Hall and Little Theatre. The proposal also shifts $1.84 million in bond funding to cover the work and allows up to $250,000 for contingencies. The committee also delayed or referred several other items, including a fire billing software contract, police overage funding, alcohol notice changes, and a water bond question.
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- Advanced a committee substitute authorizing a $1,657,866 contract with Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC for restroom renovations at the Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilities Music Hall and Little Theatre.
- Authorized up to $250,000 in contingency spending for that project and reallocated $1,844,403.08 in 2023 General Obligation bond proceeds.
- Held the $1,000,000 SaaS EMS billing contract with Digitech Computer LLC until 7/21/2026.
- Held the proposal to create a KCPD Overage Fund and include a $5,900,000 appropriation for legal settlements until 7/21/2026.
- Held the Midtown Justice Campus planning resolution until 7/21/2026.
- Transferred the nuisance ordinance for unlicensed businesses to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee after one week.
- Transferred the alcohol licensing notice ordinances to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee after one week.
- Held the board-and-commissions review resolution and the all-terrain vehicle seizure resolution for later committee consideration.
- Held the Exchange City feasibility resolution until 7/21/2026.
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Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee
Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968
Agenda
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- FIRST READINGS
- 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.
- Sponsor: Councilmember Wes Rogers RESOLUTION - Directing the City Auditor to perform a review of the City's various boards and commissions to determine whether there is redundancy among their functions and whether certain boards and commissions have issues meeting quorum requirements; and directing the City Auditor to report back findings to the City Council within 60 days. Immediate Adoption
- HELD IN COMMITTEE
- 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.
- 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.
- Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Amending Chapter 48, Code of Ordinances, by enacting a new Section 48-52 for the purpose of declaring businesses operating without required licenses, permits, or other governmental approvals to constitute nuisances per se, thereby allowing for the abatement thereof to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
- Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, “Alcoholic Beverages,” by repealing and replacing Section 10-214 for the purpose of requiring neighborhood notification where any licensed premises changes the type of alcohol served.
- Sponsor: Councilmember Darrell Curls Amending Chapter 10, Code of Ordinances, “Alcoholic Beverages,” by repealing and replacing Section 10-266 for the purpose of requiring notice be sent to inform neighbors and neighborhood organizations of a change in ownership to solicit feedback and input through existing licensing processes.
- Sponsor: Director of General Services Department COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $1,657,866.00 contract with Vazquez Commercial Contracting LLC to perform the Kansas City Convention & Entertainment Facilities Music Hall and Little Theatre Restroom Renovations; authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to amend the Contract and expend up to $250,000.00 for contingencies; reducing $1,844,403.08 of the appropriations in the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A Fund and reappropriating same for the purpose of reallocating GO bond project proceeds for entertainment facilities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute
- 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.
- 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
- Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a one-year lease agreement with two options to renew for one year each with Diamond Food, LLC, dba Break Time for the purpose of a convenience store located at 1128 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.
- Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett RESOLUTION - Clarifying the intended application of the City’s Incentive Policies and directing the City Manager to develop policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the intended applicability of those policies and to make recommendations to Council within 30 days.
- 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.
- Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett RESOLUTION - Requesting the Mayor of Kansas City appoint the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) representative from Platte County in compliance with state statute by October 13, 2025.
- Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough Appropriating $100,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to provide the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City (“ArtsKC”) with a request for supplemental appropriation and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
- Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Reducing appropriations in the amount of $15,028,929.97 in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; temporarily borrowing $2,971,070.03 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund pursuant to Section 806(a)(3) of the City Charter and estimating revenue in the same amount to the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; appropriating $25,000,00.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; and directing the Director of Finance to repay the temporary loan to the Capital Improvements Fund by April 30, 2027; designating requisitioning authority; authorizing the Director of General Services to execute contract EV-4177 in an amount up to $19,225,000.00 with Brown & Root Industrial Services, Inc for construction of a Temporary Modular Jail; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
- Sponsor: Councilmember Crispin Rea RESOLUTION - Expressing the Council’s intent to advocate for legislation that would authorize the City to enact an ordinance to provide for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of all-terrain vehicles or off-road vehicles unlawfully operating on the highways, streets, or rights-of-way within the City.
- Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Kevin O’Neill and Wes Rogers COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Authorizing the City Manager to enter into Amendment No. 1 to the 2025-2026 Transit Services Agreement with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in the amount of $3,918,655.00 to provide Fiscal Year 2026 IRIS service and limiting service to the Northland of Kansas City beginning on January 1, 2026; appropriating $3,918,655.00 for street resurfacing from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund (3090); reducing $3,918,655.00 of street resurfacing expenditures in the Public Mass Transportation Fund (2080); increasing $3,918,655.00 of street resurfacing expenditures in the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund (3090); reducing $3,918,655.00 in appropriations and appropriating $3,918,655.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund (2080); appropriating $3,918,655.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
- Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Providing for submission to the qualified voters of the City for their approval at an election called for April 7, 2026, the question of authorizing the issuance of waterworks revenue bonds of the City in the principal amount of $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, improving and extending the waterworks system of the City, including acquiring necessary land and rights of way, in order to provide for its continuing operation and to maintain compliance with federal, state and judicial requirements; directing the City Clerk to notify the responsible election authorities of this election; declaring the City’s intention to set rates; declaring the City’s intention to reimburse itself from revenue bond proceeds for bond related expenditures; recognizing this ordinance to have an accelerated effective; and establishing an effective date for the voter authorization.
Documents from this meeting
- Minuteshttps://kansascity.legistar1.com/kansascity/meetings/2026/7/19332_M_Finance%2C_Governance_and_Public_Safety_Committee_26-07-14_Meeting_Minutes.pdf
- Agendahttps://kansascity.legistar1.com/kansascity/meetings/2026/7/19332_A_Finance%2C_Governance_and_Public_Safety_Committee_26-07-14_Agenda_-_Committees.pdf
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