ORDINANCE NO. 170665
Establishing a policy that no business shall be eligible for a contract with the City of
Kansas City that has not voluntarily complied with the minimum wage ordinance adopted
by voters at the August 8, 2017 election; requiring any business seeking to do business
with the City of Kansas City to certify under oath that it has so complied; appropriating
$10,000.00 for the purpose of informing all prospective vendors and other businesses of
the requirements; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
WHEREAS, on August 8, 2017, the voters of Kansas City voted by a
supermajority of nearly 70% to establish a higher minimum wage for the workers of
Kansas City, and
WHEREAS, the City Council had previously acted to set a higher minimum wage
for the workers of Kansas City, and
WHEREAS, the Missouri State Legislature has prohibited the City by statute
from general enforcement on all employers of the will of the voters or of their elected
representatives for the increase of the minimum wage, and
WHEREAS, the action of the Legislature does not diminish the moral
responsibility of employers to pay a living wage to their employees, and
WHEREAS, customers and consumers have the right to decide whether and with
which business they choose to spend their funds based on the wage decision of such
businesses, and the City of Kansas City has the right to consider the wages paid to
employees as part of its contracting decisions; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That no business shall be eligible for a contract with the City of
Kansas City that has not voluntarily complied with the minimum wage requirements of
the August 8, 2017, voter-approved provision, and any business seeking to do business
with the City of Kansas City shall certify under oath that it has so complied.
Section 2. The sum of $10,000.00 is herein appropriated from Account No. 181000-072100-B, Procurement, for the purpose of informing all prospective vendors and
other businesses of the requirements of this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance, relating to the appropriation of money, is recognized
as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of
the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
_____________________________________________

 ORDINANCE NO. 170665
I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of
the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance,
otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is
to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

___________________________________
Randall J. Landes
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:

___________________________________
Sarah Baxter
Assistant City Attorney

2