RESOLUTION NO. 260224
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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
RESOLUTION -Directing the City Manager to develop a funding plan for the Violence Prevention Fund, Fund No. 2000, for Fiscal Year 2028 and Fiscal Year 2029.
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WHEREAS, the City Council approved Resolution No. 200557 to adopt the Violence Free Kansas City Committee’s KC Blueprint for Violence Prevention and a Safe and Healthy Community (“the Blueprint”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 230160 which appropriated $30,000,000.00, from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to establish the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund would have been depleted in Fiscal Year 2028; and
WHEREAS, the five-year forecast estimated depletion of General Fund reserves; and
WHEREAS, the submitted Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget utilizes the final year of Violence Prevention Fund resources to support salaries in the Kansas City Police Department utilizing remaining fund balance in Fiscal Year 2027; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the City Manager is directed to develop a funding plan to include an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 per year in Fiscal Year 2028 and Fiscal Year 2029 to support ongoing violence prevention efforts and shall include such funding plan in the next five-year forecast.
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