ORDINANCE NO. 260722
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
Authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to increase the contract in the amount of $8,328,910.00 to maintain transit service levels, for a total contract amount not to exceed $94,607,886.00; waiving the limitations established by the Fund Balance and Reserve Policy in Section 2-1954 of the Code of Ordinances; reducing previously appropriated funds in the Public Mass Transportation Fund in the amount of $6,910,205.00; appropriating $8,145,622.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund to the Kansas City Area Transport Authority (“KCATA”); appropriating $6,910,205.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Street Maintenance Fund; appropriating $183,288.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the KCATA Sales Tax Fund; designating requisitioning authority; further directing the City Manager to include an agreement to maintain service delivery and routes in Amendment No. 2 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 260402 authorized the City Manager to execute an agreement not to exceed $85,578,976.00 with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority ("KCATA") to provide transit services for the City of Kansas City between May 1, 2026, and April 30, 2027; and
WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 260619 authorized the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement, increasing the total contract to an amount not to exceed $86,278,976.00; and
WHEREAS, additional funding is necessary to maintain existing transit service levels for the residents of Kansas City through the remainder of the fiscal year ending on April 30, 2027; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute Amendment 2 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to increase the contract in the amount of $8,328,910.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $94,607,886.00.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby waives Section 2-1954(f)(4)(B)(iii)&(v), Code of Ordinances entitled “Fund balance and reserve policy” to authorize the appropriation of funds bringing the reserve of the Street Maintenance and Public Mass Transportation Funds below recommended levels for the limited purpose described in this ordinance.
Section 3. That the sum of $6,910,205.00 is hereby reduced in the following account of the Public Mass Transportation Fund, Fund No. 2080:
27-2080-897701-B-89008533 Street Resurfacing $6,910,205.00
Section 4. That the sum of $8,145,622.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Mass Transportation Fund, Fund No. 2080, to the following account:
27-2080-692000-F KCATA - Operations $8,145,622.00
Section 5. That the sum of $6,910,205.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Street Maintenance Fund, Fund No. 2060, to the following account:
27-2060-897701-B-89008533 Street Resurfacing $6,910,205.00
Section 6. That the sum of $183,288.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the KCATA Sales Fund, Fund No. 2290, to the following account:
27-2290-692000-F KCATA - Operations $183,288.00
Section 7. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account Nos. 27-2060-897701-B-89008533, 27-2080-692000-F, and 27-2290-692000-F.
Section 8. That the City Manager is further directed to include as part of Amendment No. 2 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement, an agreement to maintain service delivery and routes that were in effect as of April 30, 2026.
Section 9. That the City Manager is directed to estimate and appropriate available revenue received during Fiscal Year 2027 in the Street Maintenance Fund and the Public Mass Transportation Fund that is above the revenue anticipated in the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2027 to fund street preservation. The estimation and appropriation described in this section is to be included in the administrative budget cleanup ordinance and should occur no later than with the 3rd quarter budget analysis.
Section 10. That this ordinance relating to the appropriation of 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, 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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Brenton Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Andrew Bonkowski
Assistant City Attorney