File #: 250044    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 1/15/2025 In control: Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee
On agenda: 1/28/2025 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute agreements to provide funding for security services in the City's entertainment districts, including but not limited to, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, for the use of off-duty officers and sheriff's deputies; appropriating $1,000,000.00 from the unappropriated fund balance of the Violence Prevention Fund; designating requisitioning authorities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Sponsors: Quinton Lucas
ORDINANCE NO. 250044

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute agreements to provide funding for security services in the City's entertainment districts, including but not limited to, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, for the use of off-duty officers and sheriff's deputies; appropriating $1,000,000.00 from the unappropriated fund balance of the Violence Prevention Fund; designating requisitioning authorities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, safety and security of visitors to the City's entertainment districts including 18th & Vine, Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads is important to the continued viability of these districts and the city; and

WHEREAS, increased security and visibility of officers and deputies in these districts will benefit residents, local businesses, and visitors; and

WHEREAS, the scope of these agreements will allow for the use of off-duty officers and deputies, including from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute agreements to provide funding for security services in the City's entertainment districts, including but not limited to, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, for the use of off-duty officers and sheriff's deputies, from funds appropriated herein.

Section 2. That the sum of $1,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from Fund No. 2000, Violence Prevention Fund, to the following account:

25-2000-101145-B- Entertainment District Security $1,000,000.00

Section 3. That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-2000-101145-B.

Section 4. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(...

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