ORDINANCE NO. 260207

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Sponsor: Director of Finance Department

Levying ad valorem taxes for Fiscal Year 2026-27 for the General Revenue, Health, General Debt and Interest, and Museum Special Revenue Funds on all property in Kansas City subject to taxation on January 1, 2026; providing for the extension of such levies by the Director of Finance; recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date, and authorizing the collection by the Director of Finance.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That ad valorem taxes for Fiscal Year 2026-27, commencing on the first day of May 2026, in the total amount of one dollar fifty and seventy-three hundredth cents ($1.5073) per hundred dollars, shall be and are levied on all property within the City subject to taxation on January 1, 2026, under the Constitution and laws of the State of Missouri, both real and tangible personal, subject to the provisions contained in Section 2 of this ordinance, as follows:

FIRST: A general tax of fifty-three and twelve hundredth cents ($.5312) on each hundred dollars of the assessed valuation of all such taxable property is levied and imposed for municipal operating purposes, to be credited to the General Fund.

SECOND: A general tax of fifty-three and fourteen hundredth cents ($.5314) on each hundred dollars of assessed valuation of all such taxable property is levied and imposed for municipal operating expenses for hospitals and public health purposes, to be credited to the Health Levy Fund.

THIRD: The Council, pursuant to authority granted under Section 92.031, RSMo, in the alternative, elects to levy and impose a tax for debt service of forty-three cents ($.4300) on each hundred dollars of assessed valuation of all such taxable property, which tax is necessary for the maintenance of the General Debt and Interest Fund for the redemption of the outstanding general obligation bonds of the City maturing in Fiscal Year 2026-27 and for the payment of all interest becoming due and payable in Fiscal Year 2026-27, on the entire outstanding general obligation bond indebtedness of the City, except indebtedness upon which the principal and interest are payable or budgeted for payment from other funds of the City.

FOURTH: A general tax of one and forty-seven hundredth cents ($.0147) on each hundred dollars of the assessed valuation of all such taxable property is levied and imposed for municipal museum purposes, to be credited to the Museum Special Revenue Fund.

Section 2. That this ordinance relating to setting the annual levy rates for taxation of real and tangible personal property is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(G) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.

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I hereby certify that the levy specified in the THIRD paragraph of Section 1 of the foregoing ordinance is necessary for the maintenance of the General Debt and Interest Fund for the payment of principal and interest on the outstanding general obligation bond indebtedness of Kansas City, as stated therein.

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William Choi

Interim Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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Samuel E. Miller

Assistant City Attorney