ORDINANCE NO. 260191

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Estimating revenue and appropriating $11,868,979.00 in the Police Grants Fund for the FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the Kansas City Police Department has been designated as the lead public safety and security agency responsible for planning, coordination, and operational implementation of safety measures for the FIFA World Cup 2026 matches and associated events hosted within Kansas City, Missouri; and

WHEREAS, as the lead law enforcement agency for these international events, the Kansas City Police Department is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats to public safety, including threats posed by unauthorized or malicious unmanned aircraft systems operating within protected airspace; and

WHEREAS, the presence of unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems over or near mass gathering venues, critical infrastructure, dignitary movements, and designated event security perimeters presents a credible risk to public safety, aviation safety, and homeland security; and

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Police Department must maintain the capability to detect, track, identify, and, when legally authorized, mitigate or disable unmanned aircraft systems that pose an imminent threat to persons, property, or protected event operations; and

WHEREAS, the implementation of a Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems program is necessary to ensure compliance with federal security directives, interagency operational planning requirements, and coordinated homeland security objectives associated with FIFA World Cup 2026 and other nationally significant events hosted within Kansas City, Missouri, NOW, THEREFORE,

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

                     Section 1. That the revenue in the following account in the KCMBU Police Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following additional amount:                     

KCMBU-26-2390-210000-487000                                           FY26 Counter Unmanned

   Aircraft Systems C-UAS                                            $11,868,979.00                                                                                                                              

Section 2. That the sum of $11,868,979.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the KCMBU Police Grants Fund to the following account in the KCMBU Police Grants Fund:

KCMBU-26-2390-129996-X                                          Transfer to KCPDU Component Unit                                           $11,868,979.00

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

KCPDU-26-2390-210000-599900                     Transfer from KC Primary

   Government                                                                                                         $11,868,979.00                

Section 4. That the sum of $11,868,979.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the KCPDU Police Grants Fund to the following accounts in the KCPDU Police Grants Fund:

KCPDU-26-2390-212752-A                                           FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft

   Systems C-UAS                                                                                      $     175,000.00

KCPDU-26-2390-212752-B                                            FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft

    Systems  C-UAS                                                                                           200,000.00

KCPDU-26-2390-212752-B                                            FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft

   Systems  C-UAS                                                                                250,000.00

KCPDU-26-2390-212752-E                                            FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft

   Systems  C-UAS                                                                          11,243,979.00

Section 5. That the Board of Police Commissioners is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. KCPDU 26-2390-212752 and that the Director of Finance is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. KCMBU 26-2390-129996-X.

                     Section 6. That this ordinance is recognized as having an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(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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                                                                                                                              William Choi

Interim Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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                                                                                                                              Samuel Miller

Assistant City Attorney