RESOLUTION NO. 250726
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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
RESOLUTION - Recognizing and honoring the Municipal Employee Sports League on the occasion of the completion of its second annual kickball league and continued growth and success in bringing City employees from different work sites and City departments together through healthy competition and camaraderie.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Employee Sports League, started in 2024 by Reginald Francois with the Parks and Recreation Department, is intended to bring City employees together around the sports of kickball, volleyball, and basketball by creating recreational inter-departmental competition; and
WHEREAS, since its founding, it has returned recreational sports as a leisure option for City employees that have been absent since before the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to connect over 100 City employees in multiple sports throughout the year; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Employee Sports League has encouraged employees to be more physically active and try new sports. The league has provided an affordable outlet for employees, and continues to grow with additional departmental participation; and
WHEREAS, pride in departments has increased with participation – resulting in league championships with winning Parks and Recreation Department teams for kickball and volleyball, and a winning team for the 2025 kickball championship from the City Planning and Development Department; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the Mayor and Council hereby recognize and honor the Municipal Employee Sports League on its successful kickball season and for its outstanding effort to strengthen relationships amongst City staff so that City staff can continue to provide integrated and robust services to the people of Kansas City and celebrate its continuing work as an outlet for healthy competition and collaboration; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented the Municipal Employee Sports League Commissioner, to celebrate in the City of Kansas City with the sincere thanks and congratulations of the Mayor, Council, and the people of Kansas City.
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