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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR]ORDINANCE NO. 230405, AS AMENDED
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Sponsor(s): Mayor Quinton Lucas; Councilmembers Kevin O'Neill, Ryana Parks-Shaw, and Andrea Bough
Appropriating $550,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in the Public Safety Sales Tax to the Kansas City Detention Center Campus account; waiving contract solicitation and award provisions, authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a contract in the amount of $550,000.00 with JE Dunn Construction Company; to begin site selection and initial design for a mental health and rehabilitation services facility; directing the City Manager to establish a partnership agreement with the County; designating requisitioning authority; recognizing Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department goals; directing the City Manager to include specific components in the design of the facility; directing the City Manager to hold public engagement meetings related to design of the facility; directing the City Manager to report back to Council with alternatives to incarceration within 45 days; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, proceeds of the City's Public Safety Sales Tax are to be used for the purpose of a standalone fund adopted specifically for the purchase and maintenance of capital assets related to Kansas City Police Department activities; and
WHEREAS, Council has directed staff to proceed with developing a mental health and rehabilitation services facility as well as a modern detention center campus and collaborate with Jackson County; and
WHEREAS, staff is advancing those efforts with these funds and advancing the Detention Center Campus project; and
WHEREAS, Council has directed staff to initiate the design of the Detention Center Campus project; and
WHEREAS, the initial design contract with JE Dunn Construction Company is needed to compensate the designer for the wo...
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