Title
An Ordinance approving Amendment No. 4 to the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, as adopted by Ordinances 10132, 10133,10136,10137, and 10138, by amending the authorized expenditures for the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Body
Issue/Request:
An Ordinance approving Amendment No. 4 to the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, as adopted by Ordinances 10132, 10133,10136,10137, and 10138, by amending the authorized expenditures for the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Key Issues:
-The Mayor and City Council approved a five-year equipment lease contract for $5,484,999.29 with Axon Enterprise, Inc on March 24, 2026
*Part of the funding for the year one payment will come from the PSERP fund (Public Safety Equipment Replacement Program) where money has been set aside for body and car camera replacement, and taser replacement
*The balance of the year one payment will come from the unallocated fund balance of the PSST (Public Safety Sales Tax) fund. For lease accounting purposes the funds will be transferred to the PSERP fund for the expense
*Years 2-5 of the agreement, the PSST fund portion of the payment will be a planned transfer to the PSERP fund and the payment budgeted out of the PSERP fund
-A potential hardware failure of a signal amplifier mounted on the Scherer Rd water tower requires review and service. Loss of the device will cause radio service issues for City departments that use the MARRS radio system, this includes police, fire, public works, and water utilities. The servicing the unit has maximum estimated cost of $35,000. The amendment will increase the spending authority in the PSST for the police department to have the equipment inspected and repaired. The funding will come from the unallocated PSST fund for Public Safety.
-The Parks department requesting spending authority increases for Harris Park and the Amphitheater. The increase is needed as the Harris Park facility had an unplanned HVAC repair, the Amphitheater is implementing a 3rd parting ticketing solution and capturing all of the true operational costs as it has been established as its own cost center.
- The purchase of a special services bomb response unit was approved September 24, 2024. The total cost of the purchased exceeded the amount that had been collected in Vehicle Equipment Replacement Program (VERP) payments. The amendment transfers $47,722 to cover the full purchase price from the VERP fund for the unit.
-During the transition to Workday, five FY23 VERP purchase orders were not rolled forward. The amendment increases the spending authority in the Fleet VERP fund for the purchase orders and the additional cost of the bomb service unit, an amount of $1,029,483.00
-The amendment includes a transfer from the General Fund to the PSERP for the Fire lease purchases for the pumper trucks and ambulances. This is two fold, one it will make for better financial recording and presenting of the financial statements, and it removes this as an operational cost to a transfer as part of the Fire budget.
-The Human Resources department desires to change the Payroll Supervisor position to Lead Payroll Specialist as they have been able to locate successful candidates. This will make it a lower level position that can be filled and trained in the payroll processes.
-Increase the spend authority in the Business and Industry fund $50,000 to support the Public Service Agreement with LSGOAL26 as approved March 10, 2026 and an additional $50,000 for additional expenses for the fund.
-An update Pay and Class plan is included in the amendment. The payroll position change and the recently approved labor agreement rates for Police are included.
Presenter
Rick Gentry, Budget Manager
Recommendation
Recommendation: Staff recommends approval
Committee Recommendation
Committee Recommendation: [Enter Committee Recommendation text Here]