RESOLUTION NO. 260744
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Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw
Directing the City Auditor to conduct an audit of the City's former Minority and Women's Business Enterprise program's certification and renewal processes for the purpose of identifying potential administrative or procedural inefficiencies and barriers; directing the City Auditor prepare a report with the City Auditor's findings and recommendations and present it to the City Council and City Manager; and further directing the City Manager to make reasonable efforts to include businesses that were eligible for certification but did not apply due to administrative barriers as well as businesses that experienced certification or renewal delays or were otherwise negatively impacted by administrative or procedural barriers of the former program.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City enacted its Minority and Women's Business Enterprise program in 1981; and
WHEREAS, administrative hurdles and process inefficiencies, such as a delayed certification process, could result in some eligible businesses choosing not to apply for certification or experiencing barriers to obtaining or maintaining certification; and
WHEREAS, businesses that applied for certification or renewal may have experienced delays, withdrawn or abandoned applications, allowed certification to expire, or otherwise encountered administrative or procedural barriers that affected their ability to participate in the program; and
WHEREAS, on August 13, 2026, the City Council voted to repeal the City's Minority and Women's Business Enterprise program and directed the City Manager to develop a new business enterprise program; and
WHEREAS, on the same day, Council also adopted Resolution No. 260723 directing the City Manager to conduct a public engagement campaign, establish an advisory group of relevant stakeholders, develop a plan for continuous and routine collection and reporting of City contracting and spending data, and re...
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