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The Docket

Week 44: October 26 to 30, 2026

Quoted from each body's own posted agenda. Receipts only.

Jackson County Legislature

Forty-first Regular Meeting

Monday, October 26, 2026, 3:00 p.m. · Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 2nd Floor, K.C. Legislative Assembly Area

The agenda as posted

Ordinance 6142, “JaCo Code change regarding campaign contribution limiits”

AN ORDINANCE enacting subsection 298. Jackson County Code, 1984 relating to campaign contribution limits for all elected Jackson County officials, with an effective date and severability clause.

Enacts subsection 298 of the county code on campaign contribution limits for all elected Jackson County officials. The title names an effective date and a severability clause. The amounts are in the ordinance, not on its index page.

Status: Adopted October 26, 2026, on the consent agenda, per the county's record. Filed September 10; perfected October 19.

Read at jacksonco.legistar.com on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Ordinance 6123, “JaCo Code Chapter 6 - MBE/WBE Program/Contracting Procedures”

AN ORDINANCE enacting a moratorium on enforcement of Chapter 6 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to minority and women owned business enterprise program and other contracting procedures.

Chapter 6 is the part of the county code on its minority and women owned business enterprise program and contracting procedures. The title enacts a moratorium on "enforcement of Chapter 6." How long it runs and what replaces it are in the ordinance, not on its index page.

Status: Advanced to sixth perfection October 20, 2026. Listed on the October 26 agenda; the county's record of that meeting shows no action on it. The matter record dates its filing August 18; the Week 41 Docket printed August 24, the date of its first listing.

Read at jacksonco.legistar.com on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Ordinance 6154, “Reclassify Short Term Rentals 2027”

AN ORDINANCE requiring the Jackson County Assessor to postpone any reclassification of short-term rental properties from residential to commercial until a full registration and reporting system can be established County-wide.

Requires the county assessor to postpone any reclassification of short-term rental properties from residential to commercial until a full registration and reporting system can be established county-wide.

Status: Filed October 19, 2026. Assigned to committee October 26, per the county's record. The record does not name the committee.

Read at jacksonco.legistar.com on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Kansas City, Missouri, City Council

Council

Thursday, October 22, 2026, 2:00 p.m. · Kansas City City Hall, 414 E. 12th Street, Council Chambers

The agenda as posted

Ordinance 260919

Establishing Fund No. 2220, the ProspectUs Fund, in the records of the City of Kansas City, Missouri; authorizing the City Manager to continue to use certain incremental property and economic activity taxes from the former Blue Ridge Mall Tax Increment Financing Plan area in support of the ProspectUS plan; and establishing an expiration date of the redirection.

Establishes Fund No. 2220, the ProspectUs Fund, and authorizes the City Manager to continue using incremental property and economic activity taxes from the former Blue Ridge Mall TIF Plan area in support of the ProspectUS plan, with an expiration date for the redirection. The amount and the date are in the ordinance, not on its index page.

Status: Passed October 22, 2026, per the city's record. Filed October 2; the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee recommended Advance and Do Pass on October 20.

Read at kansascity.legistar.com on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Resolution 260887

RESOLUTION – Directing the City Manager to identify funding sources and develop a plan to restore Blue River Road; directing the City Manager to pause any further action on PIAC-supported projects concerning Blue River Road until the City Manager has reported back to City Council in sixty (60) days; directing the City Manager to include Blue River Road in the City's Transportation Improvement Program to be submitted to the Mid-America Regional Council; declaring the Council's intent to preserve Blue River Road as a historic automobile roadway; and directing the City Manager to report back to Council within 60 days.

Directs the City Manager to identify funding and develop a plan to restore Blue River Road, to pause further action on PIAC-supported projects concerning Blue River Road until the City Manager reports back to Council in sixty days, to include the road in the Transportation Improvement Program to be submitted to the Mid-America Regional Council, and to report back within sixty days. The resolution declares the Council's intent to preserve the road as a historic automobile roadway.

Status: Adopted as a committee substitute October 22, 2026, per the city's record; the quoted title is the committee substitute's as posted. Filed September 23, sponsor Councilmember Darrell Curls per the title; the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee moved it for immediate adoption as a substitute on October 20.

Read at kansascity.legistar.com on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.