RESOLUTION NO. 250589
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Sponsors: Councilmembers Wes Rogers and Ryana Parks-Shaw, and Mayor Quinton Lucas
RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to issue a Request for Qualifications/Proposals for the construction of a modular jail facility with a capacity of up to 130 beds, at City-owned or City-controlled parcels; directing the City Manager to secure all necessary permits to reuse the chosen site for a modular jail facility; directing the City Manager to present a plan for operations of the facility to the City Council within 30 days; and expressing the City Council’s desire to utilize up to $14,000,000.00 of funds previously appropriated in Ordinance 240807, As Amended, for the construction of the facility.
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WHEREAS, the City has contracts with Johnson County, Missouri and Vernon County, Missouri to provide detention services; and
WHEREAS, the City has outstanding detention and rehabilitation needs; and
WHEREAS, the expected surge of visitors to the City for the upcoming 2026 World Cup may further strain the City’s limited rehabilitation and detention resources; and
WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 250393 directed 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; and
WHEREAS, Council desires to provide additional rehabilitation and detention facilities in the form of a modular jail facility; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 240807, As Amended, appropriated the amount of $16,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax fund for the purpose of constructing a Kansas City Police Department Downtown Booking facility; and
WHEREAS, Council desires to utilize up to $14,000,000.00 of funds previously appropriated in Ordinance No. 240807, As Amended, for the construction of a modular jail facility; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby directed to promptly issue a Request for Qualifications/Proposals for the construction of a modular jail facility with a capacity of up to 130 beds, on City-owned or City-controlled parcels.
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby directed to secure all necessary permits to reuse the property at the chosen site for a modular jail facility.
Section. 3. That the City Manager is hereby directed to present a plan for operations of the facility to the City Council within 30 days.
Section 4. That the City Council expresses its desire to utilize up to $14,000,000.00 of funds previously appropriated in Ordinance No. 240807, As Amended, for the construction of a modular jail facility.
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