Several items are on the agendas for Unified Government committee meetings tonight.
The meetings will begin at 5 p.m. Monday, May 23.
The agenda for the Public Works and Safety Committee meeting includes:
• Amendments reflecting changes necessary to comply with a Kansas House bill on the UG’s Safe and Welcoming Act.
• Approval for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department to apply for and accept a Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center grant award of $700,000.
• Approval for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department to apply for and accept funding through the COPS Hiring Program to fund 12 patrol officer positions for three years. If the UG does not receive a match waiver, the total cost to the UG would be $173,355 per position over the three-year period, or $2.08 million for the 12 patrol officer positions, according to the agenda.
• An overview of the fishing supplies budget.
• A discussion about the sidewalk and curb replacement incentive program.
• An update on stormwater credits and appeals.
• An appearance by Martin Cunningham requesting discontinuance of herbicide spraying at Rosedale Park.
On the agenda for the Administration and Human Services Committee meeting:
• An amendment to an ordinance allowing telecommunications towers in residential zones if they are integrated into stadium and athletic field light towers.
• An ordinance prohibiting conversion therapy of minors. The ordinance had been previously considered at a UG Commission meeting Jan. 24 and was sent back for more discussion.
• A draft policy for remote work by UG staff to be included in the Human Resources Guide.
• An overview presentation of the draft 2022-2026 consolidated plan and 2022 analysis of impediments to fair housing choice, from Community Development.
• A departmental update on Municipal Court.
Two items were removed from the PWS Committee meeting, according to the agenda.
Those items were a survey for property to be condemned for a sanitary sewer pump station north of Central Avenue on North 4th Street, and an ordinance about property to be condemned for the Armourdale Pump Station rehabilitation project. They were removed from the agenda.
The meetings will begin at 5 p.m. in the fifth floor conference room, Suite 512, at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
The meetings will be on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82239677018?pwd=Sy8je5647nvf32oArAFGrlqiEjPHYw.1.
The passcode is 892930.
To access the meeting by telephone, toll-free, call 877-853-5257 or 888-475-4499.
The webinar ID is 822 3967 7018.
The meetings also are expected to be on UGTV cable TV and on YouTube.
For more information on the meeting, visit https://www.wycokck.org/Engage-With-Us/Calendar-of-Events/Standing-Committee-Meeting-PWS-and-AH.