ORDINANCE NO. 260340

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Reducing appropriations in the amount of $5,900,000.00 from the Legal Expense Fund; appropriating $5,900,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Legal Expense Fund as a transfer to the Kansas City Police Department for legal settlement expenses; designating requisitioning authority; and establishing an effective date.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY,

Section 1. That the appropriation in the following account of the Legal Expense Fund, Fund No. 7010, is hereby reduced by the following amount:

KCMBU-27-7010-131527-618200                                          Indemnities and Awards                                          $5,900,000.00

Section 2. That the sum of $5,900,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Legal Expense Fund, Fund No. 7010, to the following account:

KCMBU-27-7010-129996-980001                     Transfer to KCPDU Component Unit                                          $5,900,000.00

                     Section 3. That the revenue in the following account in the KCPDU Police Legal Expense Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

KCPDU-27-7010-210000-599900                     Transfer from KC Primary Government                     $5,900,000.00

                     Section 4. That the sum of $5,900,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the KCPDU Police Legal Expense Fund to the following accounts in the KCPDU Police Legal Expense Fund:

KCPDU-27-7010-211015-618450                     Settlement of Claims                                                                                    $5,900,000.00

                     Section 5. That the Board of Police Commissioners is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. KCPDU-27-7010-211015-618450 and that the Director of Finance is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. KCMBU-27-7010-129996-X.

                     Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective on May 1, 2026.

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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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William Choi

Interim Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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Samuel Miller

Assistant City Attorney