Marilyn Sanders
City Clerk
(816) 513-6401
Legistar – Technical Support and Training

Monica Sanders
Chief Deputy City Clerk
(816) 513-6407
Legistar – Technical Support and Training
Boards and Commissions

Daliah West
Senior Administrative Assistant
(816) 513-6404
Secretary to Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee
Secretary to Special Committee for Legal Review
Secretary to the Board of Trustees for City Trusts
 

VACANT
Customer Service Specialist
(816) 513-6405
Research
Secretary to Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee

Howard Rice
Administrative Assistant
(816) 513-6408
Secretary to the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee
Secretary to the Municipal Official and Officers Ethics Commission
Secretary to Silver Haired City Council

Description of Office Duties

The Office of the City Clerk provides administrative, research and legislative support to the mayor and City Council of Kansas City, Mo. This includes the processing of ordinances and resolutions and all related documents. The City Clerk is appointed by the Mayor and City Council, and her office provides staff support to the various council committees.

The City Council holds weekly committee meetings each Wednesday. The council meets for business sessions and legislative sessions every Thursday. The procedures for these meetings are outlined in the Standing Rules for the City Council. Kansas City is one of a very few cities with a council that meets weekly. For a description of the legislative process, please click here.

Meeting Information


Business Session
The City Council of Kansas City, Mo., holds Business Sessions scheduled every Thursday at 1:30 p.m., in the committee room on the 10th floor of City Hall.

Legislative Session
The City Council's Legislative Sessions are held every Thursday at 3 p.m., in the Council Chamber on the 26th floor of City Hall.

Meeting times are subject to change with 24-hour notice. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at (816) 513-6401, if you have any questions.


Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee

Shall oversee the implementation of the financial, legal, and management policies of the City and shall oversee the City Council’s involvement with the City Manager in the year-round budget process; and the city's legislative priorities at both the federal and state levels of the government.

Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee

Shall oversee the implementations of policies related emergency and public safety issues of the city.

Special Committee on Housing Policy

Shall oversee the implementations of policies related to housing, health, public safety, neighborhood improvements. The Committee shall provide a forum for the neighborhoods to suggest new initiatives to address neighborhood concerns.

Special Committee for Legal Review

Shall oversee the implementation of the City’s legislative priorities at federal and state levels of government.

Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee

Will work to ensure that the economic development and redevelopment of Kansas City are planned in accordance with the city's strategic plan and the sustained economic vitality is an important factor in any plan. The Special Committee on Housing Policy shall oversee the implementation of policies related to housing and recommend goals and objectives of the Consolidated Housing & Community Development Plan and other community development-related Federal or State or privately leverage funded housing programs. The Committee will solicit input from housing stakeholders from the public and private sectors and evaluate the performance of Community Development Corporations (CDC) and other agencies performing federally funded activities, and make recommendations regarding contract revisions, enforcement and proposals for funding.

Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee

Shall oversee the implementation of city policies that affect the public infrastructure, public facilities, transportation, aviation and airport-related contracts, environment and city services.

Legislative Process

The City Council, city manager, city department, citizen or group may request resolutions and ordinances. Resolutions and ordinances are the tools the City Council uses to implement policies. Resolutions state the opinion or the feeling of the City Council and are used to dictate policy to city employees, congratulate an organization or a person, express sorrow at the death of a respected person or urge another governmental body to take a desired action. An ordinance authorizes the spending of city money, sets tax levies or establishes regulations that govern the actions of City agencies and citizens.

Matters before the City Council are read three times, once each week for three weeks. A reading consists of reciting the number of the resolution or ordinance and a brief description of its purpose. When a measure is introduced (the first reading), it is assigned to one of the council committees. These committees hold weekly public hearings as necessary to receive testimony from people who support or oppose the resolutions or ordinances. Testimony helps the committees decide to recommend passage or defeat an issue.

After a committee reaches a decision on a resolution or ordinance, it is returned to the full City Council. The following week, the ordinance or resolution is read for the third time and unless there is some delay, the full City Council then votes on the measure. Most ordinances and resolutions require only seven votes for passage.

An ordinance usually goes into effect 10 days after passage. The City Council may declare an ordinance an emergency measure, in which case it goes into effect immediately.

The City Council often bypasses the required three readings, which it may do if at least nine members agree and the ordinance does not make a grant, renew a franchise or regulate a utility charge.


City Council Legislative Sessions

The City Council holds legislative sessions every Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the 26th floor of City Hall. Prior to the legislative session, the council may hold a business session to discuss ordinances or resolutions slated for a vote that day. Business sessions are held every Thursday in the Committee Room on the 10th floor of City Hall at 1:45 p.m. The public may to attend these meetings, but public testimony is heard only at committee sessions.

All committee meetings and legislative sessions are aired on the city government channel, KCCG-TV2. Residents of Kansas City, Mo., who subscribe to Time Warner Cable and Everest Connections have access to the station’s programming 24 hours a day. Watch the channel is available online, as well as its video archives.