ORDINANCE NO. 240378, As Amended
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Sponsor: Director of Public Works Department
Authorizing an agreement not to exceed $70,851,783.00 with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) to provide fixed route, paratransit and on-demand transit services and certain specialized services for the City of Kansas City, Missouri between May 1, 2024 and April 30, 2025; directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to implement a Zero Fare Program; directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to review the costs and benefits of the Zero Fare Program compared with a Functionally Free Fare Program and to report back to Council within 60 days; and directing the City Manager to work collaboratively to advance and implement FY24-25 transit priorities.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the KCATA to provide funding for fixed route, paratransit and on-demand transit services for residents of Kansas City, Missouri, for a period of one year beginning May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025. A copy of the agreement is on file in the office of the Department of Public Works.
Section 2. That the Director of Transportation is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $70,851,783.00 from funds to be appropriated to the following accounts in the adopted 2024-2025 Budget:
25-2080-692000-F KCATA Operations $29,583,942.00
25-2290-692000-F KCATA Sales Tax 41,267,841.00
TOTAL: $70,851,783.00
Section 3. Directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to continue to implement a Zero Fare Program; and
Section 4. Directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to review the costs and benefits of a Zero Fare Program compared with a Functionally Free Fare Program and to report back to Council within 60 days.
Section 5. Directing the City Manager to work with KCATA to continue to work collaboratively to advance and implement FY24-25 transit priorities and current transit-supportive policies, projects and programs.
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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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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney