ORDINANCE NO. 260287
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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Waiving the limitations established by the Fund Balance and Reserve Policy in Section 2-1954 of the Code of Ordinances for use of Unappropriated General Fund Balance; appropriating $2,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund as a transfer to the General Fund and transferring same to the Police Department for Overtime in Patrol and Investigations; directing the City Manager to include a request for appropriation in the Fiscal Year 2027 first quarter ordinance from the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund in the amount of $2,000,000.00 as a transfer to the General Fund if not allocated from Public Safety Sales Tax Fund in the FY 2026-2027 budget; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the Board of Police Commissioners adopted a General Fund budget totaling $298,505,692.00; and
WHEREAS, KCPD issued a memo in January days before introduction of the City's FY 2026-2027 budget to implement "drastic cost-reduction measures" to solve a "budgetary imbalance" in the Department's spending; and
WHEREAS, KCPD estimated approximately $2.5 million in legal settlements when presenting its FY2025-2026 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners has approved more than $11 million in legal settlements and fees in the current fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, KCPD has suspended all overtime that is not critical to basic operations and instituted a hiring freeze on all professional staff positions; and
WHEREAS, during Business Session on February 5, 2026, the Police Department presented an estimated $3.0 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department reports a revised estimated Fiscal Year 2026 shortfall of $2.0 million; and
WHEREAS, the Council intends that the General Fund be reimbursed for this appropriation through a transfer from th...
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