ORDINANCE NO. 230160
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Sponsor: Councilmember Ryana Parks-Shaw
Waiving the limitations established by the Fund Balance and Reserve Policy in section 2-1954 of the Code of Ordinances; establishing Fund No. 2000, the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund on the books of the City; appropriating $30,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund; estimating revenue in the amount of $30,000,000.00 in the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund; appropriating $30,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund; establishing that the City’s Health Commission shall advise and make recommendations to the Mayor and Council regarding the use of the Blueprint for Violence Prevention Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Section 2-1954(h) of the Code of Ordinances prohibits allocations from the unappropriated general fund balance outside of the annual budget process or quarterly budget analysis except in the case of a state of emergency or whenever the allocation is accompanied by a commensurate increase or decrease in revenue in another general fund obligation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to allocate funds from the unappropriated general fund balance outside of the annual budget process or quarterly budget analysis without declaration of a state of emergency or commensurate increase or decrease in revenue in another general fund obligation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Resolution No. 200557 to adopt the Violence Free Kansas City Committee’s KC Blueprint for Violence Prevention and a Safe and Healthy Community “the Blueprint”; and
WHEREAS, the desired funds will be allocated from the unallocated portion of the general fund to establish the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund and implement the Blueprint; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires funds will be allocated at an amount of $6,000,000 per year over a five-year period commencing with the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2023 to implement the Blueprint; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for Council to establish procedures and policies for administering the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Health Department is in the best position to maintain requisitioning authority over such funds and to administer the Blueprint; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the limitations set in place by Code of Ordinance Sec. 2-1954(h) are hereby waived for the limited purposes of this Ordinance.
Section 2. Fund No. 2000, the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund, is hereby established on the books and records of the City.
Section 3. That the sum of $30,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated form the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to the following account:
23-1000-129998-X-902000 Transfer to Violence Prevention $30,000,000.00
and Intervention Fund
Section 4. That the revenue in the following account of the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
23-2000-120000-501000 Transfer from the General Fund $30,000,000.00
Section 5. That the sum of $30,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund to the following account:
23-2000-501905-B Blueprint for Violence Prevention $30,000,000.00
Section 6. The Director of Health is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 23-2000-501905.
Section 7. The Health Department shall be responsible for developing and updating an evaluation process for the use of the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund based upon principles in the Blueprint for Violence Prevention. Up to 5% annually of the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund may be utilized for administrative expenses to manage applications, reporting, and compliance.
Section 8. Absent appropriation or receipt of additional funds to the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund, no more than $6 million of the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund funds, as distinct and separate from other existing or future violence prevention efforts, shall be allocated per fiscal year during each of the five fiscal years commencing May 1, 2023.
Section 9. The City’s Health Commission shall advise and make recommendations to the Mayor and Council regarding the annual disbursement of funds in the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund. In no case shall Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund funding be provided to any applicant outside the City of Kansas City which did not submit a request through the evaluation process established by the Health Department.
Section 10. The Health Department shall provide a semi-annual report to Council, Mayor, and the City Manager concerning the Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund.
Section 11. That this ordinance, because it appropriates money, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503(a)(1) of the City Charter.
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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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Samuel E. Miller
Assistant City Attorney