ORDINANCE NO. 210610
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Appropriating $45,282,444.00 from the unappropriated fund balance of the General Fund to the Board of Police Commissioners to hire police officers including those needed for community policing and to pay their overtime to address Kansas City’s unacceptable number of violent crimes.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 210466 and 210468 transferred $42,282,444.00 from the KCPD budget and that this defunding may result in less police officers being available to provide public safety services for the public and it is estimated that $3 million is needed to cover the cost of hiring new officers; and
WHEREAS, Kansas City has suffered 79 homicides as of July 13, 2021; and
WHEREAS, President Biden said at a press conference on June 23, 2021 that communities can spend COVID-19 (American Rescue Plan) relief money to hire additional police officers to address soaring rates of violent crime; and
WHEREAS, Kansas City has received $97.4 million in COVID-19 relief money, $65 million of which was added to the fund balance of the General Fund; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the transfer in the following account of the General Fund is increased by the following amount from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund:
KCMBU-22-1000-129996-980001 Transfer to KCPDU $45,282,444.00
Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the General Fund is hereby increased by the following additional amount:
KCPDU-22-1000-210000-599900 Transfer from KCMBU $45,282,444.00
Section 3. That the sum of $45,282,444.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to the following accounts:
KCPDU-22-1000-212540-A East Patrol Division $4,019,867.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212520-A Central Patrol Division 9,701,137.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212530-A Metro Patrol Division 8,263,975.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211482-A Entrant Officers 3,000,000.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211005-B Office of Community Complaints 6,992.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211010-B Office of Police Chief 639,652.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211015-B Risk Management 8,769,568.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211016-B Homeland Security Division 230,000.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211050-B Purchasing 1,781,884.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211050-C Purchasing 1,802,626.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211072-B Building Operations 1,670,203.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211072-C Building Operations 200,000.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211222-B Fleet Operations 249,603.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211222-C Fleet Operations 1,415,293.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211224-B Communications Support Unit 937,019.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211224-C Communications Support Unit 362,912.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211460-B Human Resource Division 490,000.00
KCPDU-22-1000-211460-C Human Resource Division 15,000.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212510-B Patrol Bureau Office 267,750.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212593-B Helicopter Unit 272,513.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212593-C Helicopter Unit 331,800.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212610-B Investigations Bureau Office 18,000.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212683-B Crime Lab 392,950.00
KCPDU-22-1000-212683-C Crime Lab 443,700.00
TOTAL: $45,282,444.00
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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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Tammy Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney