2026-10-01 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes. The minutes record motions and votes, not the debate, and no video is posted, so there is no transcript or timing.

Twelve members present, McManus excused; Mayor Lucas presiding.
Two April 6, 2027 ballot ordinances advanced: a stadium voter-approval question (11-1) and the monorail sales tax questions (10-2).
Tax levy rate reconsideration passed 10-2 after the Council voted to reconsider it.
Leonard lawsuit settlement of $900,000 passed 11-1.
Health levy safety net provider resolution adopted as substituted 12-0.
Mohawk, Skatepark, Wornall Road sidewalk, sewer cleaning and Eagle Way items passed.
Sewer revenue bonds, TIF terminations, the Blues Juke House lease amendment, aviation worker screening and the JuneteenthKC funding ordinance had first reading or introduction.

Ordinance 260858 calls an April 6, 2027 election on barring officials from advancing certain stadium or arena plans without majority voter approval. Legal review committee recommended advance and do pass, debate.
Amendment, advance and final passage each carried 11-1; O'Neill opposed, McManus excused.

Ordinance 260859 calls an April 6, 2027 election on a one-fourth cent sales tax and continuation of a three-eighths cent sales tax for a citywide monorail, electric bus shuttle, Penn Valley Park improvements and a Union Station transportation hub.
Amendment, advance and passage as amended each carried 10-2; O'Neill and Willett opposed.

Committee substitute 260850 (levy rates for General Fund, Health Levy, Debt and Interest, Museum funds) was reconsidered 11-1 (Willett opposed), advanced 11-1, and passed 10-2. Nay: Willett, Parks-Shaw.

Resolution 260822 (Duncan and Patterson Hazley) retains the Safety Net Provider network, adds accountability and reporting, and calls a competitive solicitation for the Health Levy Innovation Fund. Adopted as substituted 12-0.

Ordinance 260836, $1,345,000 more for the Mohawk at 15th Street project, passed as substituted 11-0; Patterson Hazley out.

Ordinance 260875 (Willett) renaming a roughly 1,700-foot corridor Eagle Way and North Harden Avenue passed 11-0.

Ordinance 260882 (Rea and Bunch): $600,000 appropriation and a $1,486,279 contract with New Line Skateparks. Passed as substituted 12-0.

Ordinance 260883, $2,300,000 design-build contract with MegaKC Corporation (up to 20 percent increase without further approval), passed 12-0.

Leak Stoppers cooperative agreement renewal ($202,000, total $1,119,500; 260876) passed 11-0, Patterson Hazley out.
Sewer CCTV and cleaning contracts of $1,500,000 each with Kissick Construction (260879) and Ace Pipe Cleaning (260880) passed 12-0.

Ordinances 260895 (Series 2026A) and 260896 (Series 2026B), up to $100,000,000 each, had first reading and went to committee, due back October 6.

Terminations of the 19th Terrace and Central TIF Plan (260898) and Prospect North TIF Plan (260899) had first reading; referred to committee.

Ordinance 260893 ($614,812 for the Line Creek Community Center ice system) first reading; referred to committee.

Ordinance 260903 (Robinson), additional five-year lease term with up to $60,000 in waived rent, introduced and referred to committee.

Ordinance 260901, three-year $6,510,398 contract with VMD Systems Integrators, LLC, first reading; referred to the Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee.

Ordinance 260902 (Robinson) with $10,000 for JuneteenthKC and direction to propose up to $75,000 in FY27-28 budgets introduced; referred to committee.

Recognitions adopted 12-0: honoring Laurie Abbott, and October 2026 as Arts and Humanities Month.
PROTECT grant application for East 63rd Street and The Paseo (260884, Lucas) adopted as substituted 12-0.
Consent plat (Rowe Estates, 260871) and three health and emergency management grants ($24,000, $44,900, $93,793.88) passed 11-1 with Willett opposed.
Rezonings at 911 E. Linwood Boulevard (260869) and 6500 Euclid Avenue (260874) passed 11-0; Patterson Hazley out.
Kentucky Road detachment (260900) had first reading.