ORDINANCE NO. 250992
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Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O'Neill
Reducing Contingent Appropriation in the amount of $1,200,000.00 in General Fund to provide funding for the purpose of design professional services related to a permanent detention facility at the site of the modular detention facility; directing the City Manager to include a request for appropriation in the FY27 submitted budget from the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund in the amount of $1,200,000.00 as a transfer to the General Fund; designating requisitioning authority; authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a contract amendment with Treanor, Inc. for design professional services related to the permanent detention facility; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Kansas City operated the Municipal Farm correctional facility until its closure until 2009 based upon an agreement for incarceration between Jackson County, Missouri and the City of Kansas City; and
WHEREAS, Kansas City had a detention facility on the top floor of Kansas City, Missouri Police Department ("KCPD") headquarters for 77 years, which closed in 2015; and
WHEREAS, upon the closure of the eighth-floor detention facility, all Kansas City inmates charged with ordinance violations were housed in the Jackson County Detention Center, Clay County Detention Center, or Platte County Detention Center; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, Jackson County informed Kansas City, it would evict all Kansas City inmates from their facility; and
WHEREAS, Kansas City has since 2019 contracted with third parties, including other counties to house inmates; and
WHEREAS, on April 8, 2025, Kansas City voters renewed the Public Safety Sales Tax, a quarter cent sales tax supporting public safety infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, City officials pledged funds generated from the sales tax would support the construction and operation ...
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