Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee
Regular MeetingKansas City, MO · April 12, 2023
Agenda
Kansas City 414 E. 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
Agenda - Final-Revised
Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee
Katheryn Shields, Chair
Heather Hall, Vice Chair
Ryana Parks-Shaw
Melissa Robinson
Lee Barnes
Kevin McManus
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 10:30 AM 26th Floor, Council Chamber
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Director of the Law Department
230288 Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of a claim for a Workers' Compensation benefit filed
by Michael Joseph Smith for injuries resulting from his job while employed by the City.
Attachments: docket memo-smith
230288 Docket Memo
Director of the Law Department
230289 Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of a lawsuit entitled Animashawn West v. City of
Kansas City, Missouri, Case No. 2116-CV08671.
Attachments: docket memo-west
Docket Memo West
Director of the Law Department
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230290 Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of a claim for a Workers' Compensation benefit filed
by Stephen M. Wegener for injuries resulting from his job while employed by the City.
Attachments: docket memo-wegener
Docket Memo Wegener
Director of the Law Department
230301 Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of a claim for a Workers' Compensation benefit filed
by Michael Reasoner, Injury No. 20-056336, for injuries resulting from an accident on
August 27, 2020, while employed by the City.
Attachments: docket memo-reasoner
Docket Memo Reasoner
Director of the Law Department
230302 Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Approving and authorizing settlement of a claim for a Workers' Compensation benefit filed
by Joshua Starkey, Injury No. 19-084668, for injuries resulting from an accident on October
21, 2019, while employed by the City.
Attachments: docket memo-starkey
Docket memo Starkey
Director of Neighborhoods
230275 Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department
Accepting funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Office of Justice Programs, FY 2021 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in the amount
of $302,291.00; estimating and appropriating $302,291.00 in the Justice Assistance Grant
Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and authorizing cooperative agreement with
Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission in the amount of $100,000.00.
Attachments: Docket Memo TMP-2918 JAG $302k
230275 Ordinance
JAG Ordinance Presentation
Director of Neighborhoods
230282 Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department
Accepting funds allocated by the National League of Cities for its City Inclusive
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Entrepreneurship Grant, in the amount of $15,000.00, to support the implementation of
Hispanic/Latinx Business Owners’ Commitment; authorizing agreement with the National
League of Cities to govern administration of such grant; estimating revenue and
appropriating $15,000.00 in the National League of Cities Institute City Grant Fund;
designating requisitioning authority; recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated
effective date; and directing the Neighborhood Services Department to report to Council six
months after the passage of this ordinance.
Attachments: TMP-2893 NLC Latin Entrepreneurship $15k
Approp Admin - NLC
230282-3 Presentation
Director of Neighborhoods
230283 Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department
Accepting funds allocated by the United States Conference of Mayors for the Dollar Wise
Innovation Grant, in the amount of $10,000.00, to support data collection and reporting of
access to capital program participants; authorizing agreement with the United States
Conference of Mayors to govern administration of such grant; estimating revenue and
appropriating $10,000.00 in the General Grants Fund; designating requisitioning authority;
recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date; and directing the
Neighborhood Services Department to report to Council six months after the passage of this
ordinance.
Attachments: Docket Memo TMP-2910
Approp Admin - DollarWise
230283 Dollar Wise Grant Draft 2022
230282-3 Presentation
Director of Finance
230284 Sponsor: Director of the Finance Department
Estimating revenue and adjusting appropriations in various funds in connection with the
third quarter analysis; appropriating Fiscal Year 2022-23 unexpended and unencumbered
balances in various funds to the same accounts and funds in Fiscal Year 2023-24 as
designated; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Attachments: Docket Memo - FY 23 Year End
Approp Admin - Year End
Director of Neighborhoods
230292 Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department
Accepting funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Office of Justice Programs, FY 2022 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in the amount
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of $678,136.00; estimating and appropriating $678,136.00 in the Justice Assistance Grant
Fund; authorizing cooperative agreements with the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office
($291,598.00), the City of Grandview ($13,700.00), the City of Independence ($61,032.00),
the City of Raytown ($14,199.00), and the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission
($100,000.00); and designating requisitioning authority.
Attachments: Docket Memo TMP-2515 JAG $678k
Approp Admin - G57JAG22
JAG Ordinance Presentation
Director of Neighborhoods
230306 Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department
Approving contracts in the amount of $1,310,100.00 from previously appropriated funds in
the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund with various nonprofit organizations selected
as part of the FY 2023-2024 annual application cycle for the purpose of promoting
neighborhoods and tourism through cultural, social, ethnic, historic, educational, and
recreational activities.
Attachments: Approp Admin - TMP-2978 (NTDF)
Docket Memo TMP-2978 (NTDF)
Ordinance TMP-2978 (NTDF)
230306 Admin Aprop
230306 Docket memo
230306 Ordinance
HELD IN COMMITTEE
Lucas
230157 Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 2-1954 relating to the
City’s fund balance and reserve policy and enacting in lieu thereof one new section of like
number and subject to modify the required funding floor and ceiling, respectively, of the
emergency reserve funds and countercyclical reserve funds of the general fund and
amending permissible uses for unassigned general fund balance.
Attachments: 230157 Docket Memo
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
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Safety issues
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Adjournment
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