History of the commissions.
Kansas City Code § 74-52
in effectSec. 74-52. - History of the commissions.
(a) The council hereby acknowledges that immediately subsequent to the Missouri General Assembly's 1997 Amendments to the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, (the "Act") the tax increment financing commission of Kansas City, Missouri has been comprised of 11 persons for the purpose of convening public hearings in accordance with the act and such membership has been as follows:
(1) Six members have been appointed by the mayor, with the consent of the majority of the city council;
(2) School districts in whose boundaries the redevelopment plan or redevelopment area is located have been notified in accordance with the Act and invited to appoint two representatives to serve as members of the commission;
(3) The counties in whose boundaries the redevelopment plan or redevelopment area is located have been notified in accordance with the Act and invited to appoint two representatives to serve as members of the commission and such appointments shall be made by the county's chief elected official, with the consent of the majority of the governing body of such county;
(4) All other districts levying ad valorem taxes within the area selected for a redevelopment project or the redevelopment area, excluding representatives of the city have been notified in accordance with the Act and invited to appoint, in any manner agreed upon by the affected districts, one representative to serve on the commission.
(b) In 2008, the Act was amended to provide for a 12-member commission in a county with a charter form of government and more than 250,000 but fewer than 300,000 inhabitants, to be comprised as follows:
(1) Six members appointed either by the county executive or presiding commissioner;
(2) Three members appointed by the cities, towns, or villages in the county which have tax increment financing districts in a manner in which the chief elected officials of such cities, towns, or villages agree;
(3) Two members appointed by the school districts whose districts are included in the county in a manner in which the school boards agree;
(4) One member appointed in the manner agreed upon by the ad valorem taxing districts within the area selected for a redevelopment project or the redevelopment area.
(Ord. No. 251058, § 6, 2-5-26)
Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH74ECDEINPOPRCO_ARTIIITAINFIOR_S74-52HICOFetched: 10/28/2026