TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! KANSAS CITY URBAN CORE RAGE BUILDS AGAINST CRUEL CUTS IN THE BUDGET!!!
This morning a local police building hosts the first Kansas City budget meeting. So far this year our Mayor and Council aren't making a big deal of the event. Remember, not so long ago our elected leaders at City Hall took a great many questions regarding the process and now amid election season the budget debate has been subdued at best.
However . . .
CHECK OUT KANSAS CITY URBAN CORE RAGE AGAINST CRUEL BUDGET CUTS CURRENTLY CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY!!!
Thanks to the most KICK-ASS TKC TIPSTERS we've obtained a document that's being distributed throughout inner-city calling out local budget cuts and their impact.
The AWESOME TIPSTER SEYZ: "These cuts are nothing less than callous. They show a total disregard for the rest of the city reveal that our Mayor and most of council members have completely lost touch with voters."
Don't take the word of a blogger or a tip sheet for granted . . . Do some research, TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUDGET ONLINE and fact check some of these verified complaints from the urban core.
But make no mistake . . .
RIGHT NOW FRUSTRATION IN THE URBAN CORE AND THROUGHOUT THE INNER CITY IS MOUNTING AGAINST KANSAS CITY POLITICOS WHO PRIZE PONZI SCHEME DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT HYPE ALONG THE TOY TRAIN STREETCAR LINE ABOVE ALL ELSE!!!
Here's most of the text from this memo which we've transcribed and reworked in some parts when the missive became nearly indecipherable.
Take a look:
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 health centers, hospital services and safety net care providers. Truman Medical Center will lose over $1.5 Million in funding. Children's Mercy loses $100.00 (Page 133)
- Mayor's Office full time position increased from 15.0 to 18.0 in FY 2015-2015. In FY 2013-2014 the Mayor's fofice was allocated 13 positions. (Page 99)
- Position from the City Clerk's 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. (Page 145)
- Abandoned vehicle towing fees increase from $240.00 to $265.00 per vehicle tow (Page 145)
- $1 Million increase fro 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 tin 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 (Page 105)
- Increase in electric, gas and water bills are projected for 3.5 percent. The increase utility tax is estimated at 3.9 Million dollars. (page 15,39)
- $1,774,500 in funding for Street Car Improvements (Page 79)
- 30 Civilian Positions from the Kansas City Police Department will be eliminated (Page V)
- Police Mounted Patrol will be downsized 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 in the last 5 years - KCTV5. In 2012, the KCMO Water Department had $13 Million in unpaid bills. In 2015 - The Water Department budget claims $19 million in unpaid bills. Fees on late bills to into a fund to help those who can't afford to pay their water fees.
- Property taxes budgeted to increase by 1.5 percent per year (Page 8)
-$4.4 million in debt service and $2.8 million rom Finance Department bduget to the Streetcar Authority. $2.1 million will be transferred from KC Area Transit Authority Sales Tax To Street Car Authority (Page xi)
This year there are only 2 city-wide budget hearings:
The first of two public meetings is Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Regional Police Academy, 6885 N.E. Pleasant Valley Road. The second is Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Southeast Community Center, 4201 E. 63rd Street. Both sessions are 9 – 11:00 a.m.
March 4, 18 and 25, 2015 Finance, Governance and Ethics Committee hearings on the Budget.
March 26th, 2015 The budget is scheduled to be adopted by Mayor and City Council.
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