2015-2016 BUDGET INEQUITIES and INJUSTICES

Kansas City, MO Proposed Budget strikes hard at Poor, Minorities and

Middle Class

Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program coordinator at Health Department position eliminated.
You will no longer be able to receive WIC services at Health Department
(Page 121 City Budget)
$2 million dollar reduction for KC for health centers, hospital services and safety net care providers. Truman
Medical Center will lose over $1.5 Million in funding, Childrens Mercy loses $100,000
(Page 133)
Mayors office full time position increased from 15.0 to 18.0 In FY 2015-2016, In FY 2013-2014, the Mayors
office was allocated 13.2 positions.
(Page 99)

Position from the city clerks department eliminated $30,000 and transferred for inaugural celebration event.
(Page 97)

MBE/WBE program funding decreased from $478,291 in FY 2014-2015 to $214,683 in FY 2015-2016 Budget
(Page 81)

85 positions eliminated, 25 of those are employed now, ONE YEAR salary freeze for all employees (Page iii)

$464,600 removed from the Youth program, eliminating summer food-service feeding program.

Abandoned vehicle towing fees increase from $240.00 to $265.00 per vehicle tow

(Page 145)

$1 Million dollar increase for maintenance at Swope Soccer Village

(Page 153)

$282,000 to open a NEW court room, $95,418 removed from the Indigent Legal Defense Program (Page 199)

7,500 Indigent Clients were represented in FY 2014-2015 (Page 198) How can we serve the same number with
a new court division opening and over $95,000 in funds removed from the budget?????
(Page 198)

$125,000 in funds removed from the American Jazz Museum

Increases in electric, gas and water bills are projected for 3.5 percent. The increased utility tax is estimated at 3.9
Million dollars.
(Page 15,39)

1,774,500 Million dollars in funding for Street Car Improvements

(Page 79)

30 Civilian Positions from the Kansas City Police department will be eliminated

(Page V)

Horse Police Patrol will go from 10 positions to 7 positions.

(Page 213)

Water rates WILL rise 3 percent; Waste water rates WILL go up 13 percent.
(Page XII)
Water bills have doubled last 5 years - Channel 5 story 2012.. In 2012, water department had 13 Million dollars
in unpaid bills. In 2015 - 19 Million dollars in unpaid bills to the water department - up 6 million from
2012. Fees on late bills go into fund that help those who cant afford to pay water bills.

Property taxes budgeted to increase by 1.5 percent per year

$4.4 million in debt service and $2.8 million from Finance Department budget to the Streetcar Authority. 2.1
Million will be transferred from KC Area Transit Authority Sales Tax to Street Car Authority
(Page XI)

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This year there are only 2 city-wide budget hearings:

Feb. 21, 9 a.m. at the Regional Police Academy, 6885 N.E. Pleasant Valley Road,
Feb. 28, 9 a.m. at Southeast
Community Center, 4201 E. 63rd St..
Feb. 26, 2015 Budget and Tax Ordinances introduced-City Hall
March 4, 18, and 25, 2015 Finance, Governance and Ethics Committee hearings on the Budget
March 26, 2015 Budget Adopted by City Council Scheduled Budget Hearings and Meetings

PSC Announces Local Public Hearing Schedule In 2015 Kansas City Power and Light Company Rate Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- January 23, 2015 Contact: Kevin Kelly (573) 751-9300 PR-15-107

JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in Kansas
City, Gladstone, Belton and Marshall an electric rate case filed by Kansas City Power & Light Company. The
local public hearing schedule appears below

April 23Kansas City. Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center Auditorium, 3700 Blue Parkway. A PSC
staff public information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m. with the taking of sworn testimony to
follow.

April 28Belton. Memorial Station in Belton Memorial Park, 602 Maurer Parkway. A PSC staff public
information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m. with the taking of sworn testimony to follow.

May 5Marshall. Martin Community Center, 1985 South Odell Avenue. A PSC staff public
information/question and answer session starts at12:00 p.m. with the taking of sworn testimony to follow.

May 5Kansas City. Manual Career and Technical Center Auditorium, 1215 East Truman Road. A PSC staff
public information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m. with the taking of sworn testimony to follow.

May 6Gladstone. Gladstone Community Center, Gladstone & Linden Room, 6901 North Holmes. A PSC
staff public information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m. with the taking of sworn testimony to
follow.

These local public hearings will be held in facilities that meet the accessibility requirements of the Americans
with Disabilities Act. Any person who needs additional accommodations to participate in these hearings should
call the Public Service Commissions hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 before the
hearings.

If you are unable to attend a local public hearing and wish to make written comments or secure additional
information, you may contact the Office of the Public Counsel, P.O. Box 2230, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102,
telephone 1-866-922-2959, email opcservice@ded.mo.gov or the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box
360, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, telephone 1-800-392-4211, email pscinfo@psc.mo.gov . Comments may
also be registered in the case using the Commissions electronic filing system at
https://www.efis.psc.mo.gov/mpsc/Comments.html

On October 30, 2014, Kansas City Power & Light Company filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public
Service Commission seeking to increase annual electric revenues by approximately $120.9 million. According to
the company, a typical residential customer would see an increase of approximately $14 a month under the rate
request.

Kansas City Power & Light serves approximately 270,000 electric customers in the Missouri counties of Carroll,
Cass, Chariton, Clay, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Pettis, Platte, Randolph and Saline.

Prepared by Economic Development Committee, The Black Agenda Group, Kansas City, Missouri February 18, 2015

Come out to the hearings and voice your concerns on electric rates in Missouri

Prepared by Economic Development Committee, The Black Agenda Group, Kansas City, Missouri February 18, 2015