Kansas City Council

The decision comes after years of complaints that the nonprofit — which successfully runs the city’s no-kill animal shelter — was too slow to take dangerous animals off the streets.

A Kansas City Council committee Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution giving the city manager 30 days to formulate a plan to return animal control in-house. KC Pet Project vows to fight to keep the contract it's held since 2020.

Kansas City officials have signaled they want to retake control of animal control services from KC Pet Project. City Councilmember Melissa Patterson Hazley says the next iteration of animal control must ensure irresponsible pet owners face consequences.

Animal rescue groups and neighborhood organizations have complained for years that KC Pet Project was not aggressive enough enforcing animal control ordinances. Now Kansas City plans to bring that service back in-house.

Kansas City residents can ask the city to install street modifications to help with dangerous intersections or speeding cars. Traffic engineers have wide discretion to approve or reject requests, but City Council has the final say.

Most of Kansas City’s four-lane roads are too fast and too empty. The Kansas City Council decided to slim down a batch of 28 roads the next time they’re repaved to make them safer.

The city council approved a plan in September to build a holding facility on the 8th floor of KCPD headquarters downtown. In a recent letter to city officials, Graves says officials should consider a different location.

Nearly all of Missouri’s 174 DMV offices are run by private businesses. Kansas City wants to open its own city-run office to shorten wait times and help residents to keep their registration up to date.

Contract drivers for IRIS operate Kansas City’s low-cost, city-subsidized rideshare app. They want the right to unionize and negotiate higher pay, benefits and safety measures on the job.

The event-based $30 to $40 flat parking fee surprised and angered some who live and work in the traffic-heavy district. Event pricing will continue in other parts of downtown.

Rebecca Reynolds is a 61-year-old paramedic with the KCFD. She said she was subjected to demeaning and humiliating conduct because of her sexual orientation, gender and age.

An event parking policy approved by the city this summer means increased prices to park in some areas downtown if there's an event nearby.