Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

26th Floor, Council Chamber

Agenda — 13 items

1. 1 PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF MEETINGS Members of the City Council may attend this meeting via videoconference. Any closed session may be held via teleconference. The public can observe this meeting at the links provided below. Applicants and citizens wishing to participate have the option of attending each meeting or they may do so through the videoconference platform ZOOM, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968 ***Public Testimony is Limited to 2 Minutes***
2. 2 FIRST READINGS
3. 3 Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Estimating revenue in the amount of $24,430.56 in the General Fund; and authorizing the Director of General Services to execute a one (1) year lease agreement with two options to renew for one (1) year each with Bare Essentials Home Care, Inc. for the purpose of office space in the Robert J. Mohart Center, located at 3200 Wayne, Rooms 102,103 and 104, Kansas City Missouri, 64109. 250298 Adv and Do Pass, Consent
4. 4 Sponsor: Director of General Services Department Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a $109,500.00 Contract Amendment No. 4 with Doxim Utilitec, LLC, to add collections for third party payments for the Water Bill Printing and Mailing Services project for a total contract amount of $2,764,751.23; waiving the Section 2-1615(c) requirement for daily deposits; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 250330 Hold on Agenda
5. 5 Sponsor: Director of Human Resources Department COMMITTEEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, “Administration,” by repealing and replacing certain sections to establish six new job classifications; retitle one job classification; enact the pay scales in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement with IAFF Local 42 and Ordinance No. 240725 and the collective bargaining agreement with IAFF Local 3808 and Ordinance No. 250280; and adjust the salary for elective Judge positions, and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 250332 Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub
6. 6 Sponsor: Councilmembers Melissa Patterson Hazley, Wes Rogers, Mayor Quinton Lucas, and Council member Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Directing the City Auditor to perform a performance audit of the City Communications Office to assess its policies against local government best practices including whether to decentralize some or all of city communications functions to departments and evaluate the policies with the City’s values of transparency and accessibility, and to report back to the City Council within 90 days with findings and recommendations. 250338 Immediate Adoption
7. 7 Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 240980 by repealing and replacing Section 1 for the purpose of redefining certain contract requirements between the City and the Linwood Shopping Center Community Improvement District; repealing and replacing Section 2, authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a lease amendment between the City and Midtown Grocers, LLC; authorizing the City Attorney to settle claims existing between the parties; reducing the contingent appropriation in the amount of $1,000.00; appropriating the same; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. 250342 Adv and Do Pass as Cmte Sub
8. 8 HELD IN COMMITTEE
9. 9 Sponsor: City Manager COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing and replacing Article IX, Division 8, “Healthcare System,” consisting of Sections 2-1390-2-1394 with a new Division 8 of like title consisting of Sections 2-1390-1393, to amend the name and membership of the Healthcare System Board of Trustees to the Healthcare System Board and to establish regulations for its operation; amending Workers’ Compensation Sections 2-1302 and 2-1304, with new sections of like number and subject matter, to amend the membership of the Workers’ Compensation Board and address compensability; and repealing Ordinance Nos. 180420 and 180775 for the purpose of reallocating healthcare association resources to the Healthcare System Fund. 250133 Hold on Agenda
10. 10 Sponsor: City Manager’s Office Establishing Fund No. 3456, 2026A Taxable Special Obligation Bond Fund; estimating $30,000,000.00 and appropriating the same for the purpose of providing funds for the reconstruction of the Barney Allis Plaza/Auditorium Plaza Garage complex; authorizing a fourth amendment in the amount of $27,092,347.00 to an agreement with McCown Gordon Construction, LLC, for Guaranteed Maximum Price No. 4 (GMP-4) with a total contract price of $118,487,608.00 for plaza level improvements, perimeter construction, and one story retail of Barney Allis Plaza; authorizing the Director of Finance to close project accounts upon project completion; and establishing May 1, 2025 as the effective date of this ordinance. 250272 Adv and Do Pass
11. 11 ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
12. 12 The City Clerk`s Office now has equipment for the hearing impaired for use with every meeting. To check out the equipment please see the secretary for each committee. Be prepared to leave your Driver`s License or State issued Identification Card with the secretary and she will give you the equipment. Upon returning the equipment your license will be returned.
13. 13 Adjournment