There is a big screw up in big money approved by The Mayor and Council and word of it is reverberating through City Hall.
Let's remember that not so long ago the City Council Completely shut down Mayor Funky and his silly Schools First Plan.
Chris Hernandez covered the story rather thoroughly on NBC Action News.
"Thursday, he compromised by changing language in a resolution so that it can't really be called Schools First anymore.
"After weeks of holding up a bond issue pushed by the mayor, council members finally moved it forward, with a mention of the political battle.
"I don't want my constituents or the public to think we were rushing this through. I don't necessarily agree with all of it. I'm still a little concerned about the sidewalk thing," said Melba Curls, a KCMO city council member who is on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
"That committee sat on the plan until it was stripped of references to the mayor's Schools First initiative."
Well now . . .
KICKASS TKC TIPSTERS NOTE THAT MAYOR FUNKY SIGNED A VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT STILL HAS SCHOOLS FIRST CASH IN THE LANGUAGE!!!
Mayor Funky signed the ordinance before The Committee Sub . . . Check out both documents put together and judge for yourself.
One of the MOST AWESOME TKC TIPSTERS notes some theories about this screw up:
"Scenario 1: Law dept screwed up
Scenario 2: Clerk screwed
Scenario 3: Clerk and Law screwed up
Overriding scenario: Mayor Can't Read!
Possible Scenario: Mayor pulls bait and switch to get a School's First Victory"
While anything is possible, what I know for certain is that Mayor Funky can screw up just about anything and this is the latest example.
Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteHe's a pretty tricky mayor. Do ya suppose he'll take the city to court after the election over hanging chads?
ReplyDeleteMy God. How did we get screwed....again.
ReplyDeleteFIX THIS TODAY COUNCIL. Don't make Terry the lone guy shouting into your wind. This must be a solid majority move. NO fucking wishy washy stances. No "well, he done us wrong, but wait 'til next time" attitudes. FIX THIS TODAY.
Don't you play with us, 'cause you're playing with fire
Tony, doesn't really matter that the wording was not taken out. Funk's office has contacted EVERY School in the City after the money was authorized and told them the money is "theirs" and they need to call their council person and demand it be spent around their school. Council members have been getting calls from School administrators for more than a week. That is the real story here.
ReplyDeleteNote to School administrators... take political science 101 this summer. Or a course on detecting lying. Might be one in Criminal Justice
ReplyDeleteTony: Can we see some more pics of those burlesque gals?
ReplyDeleteHA!
ReplyDeleteOffending language does not appear in authenticated version of this resolution. Maybe it was caught by TKC? Anyway, the City has the correct version up. Perhaps Funkhouser should spend time tonight explaining to our school administrators that this money is not "theirs" even if the tax is approved by the voters.
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Legislation #: 100446 Introduction Date: 5/20/2010
Type: Resolution Effective Date: 6/13/2010
SECOND COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR RESOLUTION NO. 100446
Directing the City Manager to sell $67,300,000 of general obligation bonds previously approved by the voters; directing the City Manager to expend $20 million for the completion of the First and Second Creek sanitary sewer areas from bonds previously approved; directing the City Manager to establish a system to prioritize neighborhood projects and basic services; and requiring the City Manager to report to the City Council within 30 days of receiving an advisory opinion from the Bond Financial Advisory Committee and thereafter every 90 days on the status of these directions.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is directed to take all necessary steps to sell $67,300,000 of general obligation bonds previously approved by the voters over a two year period to fund the following projects, initiatives, and expenditures:
$1 million Traffic signal upgrades to meet current requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act
$24 million After obtaining the recommendation of the Public Improvements Advisory Committee, $4 million of infrastructure improvements in each Council district, giving priority to improvements that stimulate neighborhood revitalization, such as sidewalk, curb, catch basin, and storm water control improvements
$3.6 million Masonry cleaning, tuckpointing of stone and some stone replacement at Municipal Auditorium
$4.5 million Infrastructure at the Kansas City Zoo
$1.2 million Cost of Issuance – Bond Fees
$33 million Street Reconstruction:
63rd Street - Prospect to Jackson $5.3 million
Wornall - 79th to 85th Street $4 million
N. Oak - Indianola to 42nd Street $2.5 million
N. Brighton - 49th to 52nd $2 million
Troost - 25th to 30th Street $3.3 million
Wornall - Blue Ridge Boulevard to 135th Street $1.1 million
Belvidere Parkway - Hwy 9 to Congress $1.8 million
39th Street – Cleveland to Elmwood $4.585 million
Troost – 89th to Bannister $4 million
Bennington Ave – Parvin Road to 48th $2 million
Waukomis – 68th to 70th $2 million
51st Street – McCoy to Railroad Bridge $.415 million
Section 2. That the City Manager is directed to take all necessary steps to make operational the First and Second Creek sanitary sewer areas through the expenditure of $20 million available through existing sanitary sewer bond authorization.
Section 3. That the City Manager is directed to establish a system to prioritize neighborhood projects and basic services.
Section 4. That the City Manager is directed to report to the City Council within 30 days after receiving an advisory opinion from the Bond Financial Advisory Committee and thereafter every 90 days on the status of these directions.
Section 5. That the City expects to make capital expenditures in connection with the projects to be financed and hereby declares its official intent to reimburse itself for certain expenditures made within 60 days prior to or on and after the date of this resolution with the proceeds of the bonds. The maximum principal amount of obligations expected to be financed for the projects is $67,300,000. This constitutes a declaration of official intent under Treasury Regulation 1.150-2.
3:26... that is the correct version that should have been signed... but it wasn't signed. Funk signed the version with school's first in it. Doesn't anyone on his staff know what in the heck they are doing?
ReplyDeletethis is the one that was authenticated.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there seems to be TWO signed versions. One has a written date the other has the date stamped. I think Galen is clearing up the mess. Perhaps our worthless mayor was hoping no one would notice?
Funk has a terrible staff--uneducated in all ways. They can't even tie their shoes or write in grammatical English, to say nothing of their thinking skills--too bad--he is hurt by them. Say what you will about Barnes, she had a stellar staff. Mostly.
ReplyDelete5:38... did you forget about Steve Glorioso being on Kay's staff? He is hardly stellar at anything except mud slinging and lying. Or was he included in your "mostly"?
ReplyDeleteKendrick where are you?
ReplyDeleteThe Co-mayors spend more time on smoke and mirrors. Quit playing games and do your job for goodness sakes. This mayoral staff coundnt pull the wool over on anyone.What a joke.
ReplyDeletehow much do you make now kendrick for sitting on your ugly ass all day doing nothing. we won't vote for this house of fools again.
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