ORDINANCE NO. 260902
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
Appropriating $10,000.00 from the [Unappropriated Fund Balance of the ____ Fund, Fund No. ____] to support JuneteenthKC’s financial empowerment and wealth activity; directing the City Manager to propose up to $75,000.00 in submitted budgets for FY27-28 as sustained funding for JuneteenthKC; directing the City Manager to review Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund allocations over the past ten years and recommend 2027 budget policies to stabilize and invest in City heritage festivals with a ten-year or longer funding history with the City; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Juneteenth was brought to Kansas City in 1980 by Horace M. Peterson III, founder of the Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc. and is an annual heritage celebration and platform that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Africans in America;
WHEREAS, JuneteenthKC is Kansas City, Missouri's premiere community heritage celebration and is hosted annually within the 18th & Vine Historic District;
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City continues to recognize the profound importance of supporting and promoting culturally inclusive celebrations that strengthen community bonds and foster a sense of belonging and historical awareness;
WHEREAS, JuneteenthKC is recognized as a premiere community heritage celebration of having a funding history of over 10 years with the City of Kansas City; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the sum of $10,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Balance of the [ACCOUNT NAME] to the following account for the purpose of the financial empowerment and wealth activity aimed toward economically vulnerable residents in Kansas City, Missouri.
[ACCOUNT STRING] [ACCOUNT NAME] $10,000.00
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for XXXXXXXXXXX.
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