ORDINANCE NO. 250890
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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Reducing appropriations in the amount of $15,028,929.97 in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; appropriating $22,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund for the purpose of building a Temporary Modular Jail Facility; designating requisitioning authority; authorizing the Director of General Services to execute contract EV-4177 in an amount up to $15,975,000 with Brown & Root Industrial Services, Inc for construction of a Temporary Modular Jail; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the City has contracts with Johnson County, Missouri and Vernon County, Missouri to provide detention services; and
WHEREAS, the City has outstanding detention and rehabilitation needs; and
WHEREAS, the expected surge of visitors to the City for the upcoming 2026 World Cup may further strain the City's limited rehabilitation and detention resources; and
WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Resolution No. 250393 directed the City Manager to research and evaluate the feasibility of establishing a temporary modular jail facility, including central booking capabilities, to meet the City's current rehabilitation and detention needs; and
WHEREAS, Council desires to provide additional rehabilitation and detention facilities in the form of a modular jail facility; and
WHEREAS, cost estimates for a Modular Jail Facility have come back and the cost for 100 beds is approximately $21.4 million dollars at a cost of $214,000.00 per bed; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 240807, As Amended, appropriated the amount of $16,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax fund for the purpose of constructing a Kansas City Police Department Downtown Booking facility; and
WHEREAS, the Public Safety Sales Tax fund is forecast to have an estimated ending balance...
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