ORDINANCE NO. 250044

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute agreements to provide funding for security services in the City’s entertainment districts, including but not limited to, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, for the use of off-duty officers and sheriff’s deputies; appropriating $1,000,000.00 from the unappropriated fund balance of the Violence Prevention Fund; designating requisitioning authorities; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, safety and security of visitors to the City’s entertainment districts including 18th & Vine, Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads is important to the continued viability of these districts and the city; and

WHEREAS, increased security and visibility of officers and deputies in these districts will benefit residents, local businesses, and visitors; and

WHEREAS, the scope of these agreements will allow for the use of off-duty officers and deputies, including from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute agreements to provide funding for security services in the City’s entertainment districts, including but not limited to, 18th & Vine, the Country Club Plaza, Westport and Crossroads, for the use of off-duty officers and sheriff’s deputies, from funds appropriated herein.

Section 2. That the sum of $1,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from Fund No. 2000, Violence Prevention Fund, to the following account:

25-2000-101145-B-                                          Entertainment District Security                                          $1,000,000.00

Section 3. That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-2000-101145-B. 

Section 4. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

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Tammy L. Queen

Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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Joseph A. Guarino

Senior Associate City Attorney