Those four bills passed the Senate Friday afternoon. This budget ensures that Kansas has a real Rainy Day Fund in case national and international events threaten to harm our sustained economic growth. Included in one of those bills is nearly $55 million for an expanded pre-kindergarten program. Saving for tomorrow: Until this budget, Kansas has been unique among states to have either a small or non-existent budget stabilization fund. That directive includes Kansas City police. The total cost of the four remaining budget bills is around $5 billion. Kansas City department heads are being told to trim 11 from their budgets. However, the entire budget for the upcoming fiscal year is still not complete, with four bills remaining that include capital improvement projects and continued funding for previously approved expenditures. Mayor Quinton Lucas said the city is 'looking. “There's a lot of really good stuff for kids in this bill, including increased funding for childcare so that we know there will be more options, safe options, available for parents,” Arthur said. Massive budget cuts are on the line as a result of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in Kansas City, Missouri. Lauren Arthur, D-Kansas City, spoke in favor of the budget bill funding K-12 education and mentioned the $38,000 base salary as well as funding for childcare.
Overall, the operating budget received largely bipartisan support. Merideth said he did support those raises, he just wished that 20% would have gone in other places in the budget too. “I think it's very frustrating that we don't show that same value in prioritizing our ability to compete for workers in those other essential areas that also are about our safety and welfare as a state,” Merideth said. Louis, said that in the same budget, lawmakers agreed to give a 20% raise to highway patrol and Capitol police, but not to give higher raises to teachers or care providers. While the budget does include raises for care providers, including those who aid people with disabilities, many Democrats expressed disappointment the raises weren’t higher. Big picture: 220M to infrastructure, 142M for health center, 100M into savings. The budget will be adopted in late March as the fiscal year begins May 1, 2022.Other items in the budget include fully funding school transportation for the second year in a row, $4.5 million in public library funding, which was initially removed by the House, and $50 million to go toward stadium improvements for the World Cup in Kansas City. Per the city’s release, the recommended police budget is $4.5 million more than its current budget.įunding increases will also contribute to causes such as litter cleanup, snow removal vehicles, dangerous buildings demolition, four new street sweepers, expanded bulky pickup items and increased tree planting.Ĭity-wide hearings will be held to allow the public to provide feedback on the proposed budget. The KCPD proposed budget includes $37.4 million in additional funding that the city says will be put toward 150 new officers, increased pay for officers and civilian staff, $6.6 million for the communications unit as well as increased pay for 911 call-takers, and $12.4 million for the Violent Crimes Division. Emergency Rental Assistance Program: $40 million.Tenants Right to Counsel Program: $2.5 million.The budget includes revenue projections, allocations for operation expenditures, contracts with outside agencies, maintenance and capital improvements. While the previous year’s budget was set at $1.73 billion, the increase comes due to federal COVID relief funds, according to a KCMO news release. In accordance with Kansas statutes, the City of Spring Hill creates an annual operating budget each year for the upcoming calendar year. Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager Brian Platt submitted $1.9 billion as the proposed 2022-23 fiscal year budget on Thursday.
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