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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR]ORDINANCE NO. 251001
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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.
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WHEREAS, the IRIS program provides essential rideshare services to fill gaps in public transit, particularly in underserved areas; and
WHEREAS, the IRIS program has been a lifeline for many residents, enabling them to maintain employment and access essential services; and
WHEREAS, the continuation of the IRIS program is crucial for maintaining equitable access to transportation across Kansas City; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into Amendment 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.
Section 2. That the sum of $3,918,655.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund, Fund No. 3090, to the following account:
26-3090-897701-B-89008533 Street Resurface $3,918,655.00
Section 3. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to reduce the expenditure in the following account of the Public Mass Transportation Fund, Fund No. 2080, by the following amount:
26-2080-897701-B-89008533 Street Resurface $3,918,655.00
Section 4. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to increase the expenditure in the following account of the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund, Fund No. 3090, by the following amount:
26-3090-897701-B-89008533 Street Resurface $3,918,655.00
Section 5. That the appropriation in the following account of the Public Mass Transportation Fund, Fund No. 2080, is hereby reduced by the following amount:
26-2080-897701-B-89008533 Street Resurface $3,918,655.00
Section 6. That the sum of $3,918,655.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund, Fund No. 2080, to the following account:
26-2080-692000-F KCATA - Operations $3,918,655.00
Section 7. That this ordinance, relating to the appropriation of money and the expenses of government is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney