ORDINANCE NO. 220695

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Waiving the residency requirement of Section 2-1656 “Residency requirement for certain employees of entities receiving twenty-five percent or more of their annual funding from the city” for the appointment of Frank White III as interim Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority.

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WHEREAS, Section 2-1656 of the Code of Ordinances requires that any quasi-governmental agency which receives twenty-five percent or more of its annual funding from the City appoint or hire Kansas City residents to its director level position(s); and

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority is a quasi-governmental agency which receives more than twenty-five percent of its annual funding from the City and is therefore subject to the requirements of Section 2-1656; and

WHEREAS, the KCATA recently appointed Frank White III as its interim CEO; and

WHEREAS, Mr. White does not currently reside in Kansas City, Missouri; and

WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 2-1656 may be waived by the Council; and

WHEREAS, the Council intends that this waiver be limited to the appointment of Mr. White; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the residency requirements of Section 2-1656 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby waived for the appointment of Frank White III as interim CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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Dustin E. Johnson

Associate City Attorney