BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CITY TRUSTS

Kansas City Charter art. XI, div. 4

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Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1126 Board established.

Sec. 1126. - Board established. There is created and established an eleven member Board of Trustees of City Trusts. The Mayor shall appoint ten members and shall serve, ex officio, as president of the Board.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1127 Duties.

Sec. 1127. - Duties. (a) Acceptance and administration of property. The Board of Trustees of City Trusts may accept and administer for the benefit and on behalf of Kansas City all kinds of property, real, personal and mixed, whether situated within or without the corporate limits of Kansas City, acquired by gift, devise, bequest or otherwise to promote and aid charity, health, science, art, respect for and observance of law, civic pride and patriotism, national or state pride and patriotism, and all other civic or governmental purposes and objects which, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, will contribute to the general welfare of Kansas City and its inhabitants. (b) Reject property. The Board of Trustees may reject any property, if, in its opinion, the acceptance would not promote and aid the purposes and objects to be furthered by the Board. (c) No power to obligate the City. The Board of Trustees shall have no power or authority to obligate the City to any expense or create any liability against it, without the consent of the Council.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1128 Staff.

Sec. 1128. - Staff. The City Clerk shall be ex-officio the secretary of the Board of Trustees and shall keep and be the custodian of all minutes of proceedings, books, accounts, records, documents and all other papers and records of the Board of Trustees. The City Attorney shall provide legal counsel.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1129 Rules.

Sec. 1129. - Rules. (a) Quorum. Seven members shall constitute a quorum. (b) Actions of the board. No act or action of the Board of Trustees shall be valid or effective without the concurrence of at least seven members thereof, except as otherwise provided. (c) Adoption of rules. The Board shall adopt and enter upon the minutes of its proceedings, rules, regulations and by-laws in furtherance of the Boards duties and to insure the systematic, accurate and efficient administration of the trusts.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1130 Control of trust property.

Sec. 1130. - Control of trust property. (a) Conformity with the donors intentions. All trust property shall be under the sole and complete control and management of the Board of Trustees of City Trusts and shall be administered in conformity to the express authority of the donor. (b) Modification of the trust. If and when the purpose or object for which any trust was created shall have been fulfilled or the further use of the property for the purpose or object for which the trust was created is impossible, unnecessary, undesirable, impracticable or not substantially beneficial, then the board of trustees may, by a vote of not less than nine members, modify the trust and the purpose and object thereof and direct the application of such trust property to such other purpose and object as will most effectually accomplish the purposes and objects to be furthered by the board. (c) Council approval. Any modification and application must be approved, before becoming effective, by the City Council. (d) Power to modify incorporated into all trusts. All deeds, conveyances, wills and instruments creating trusts shall be deemed to have been made, executed, delivered and accepted subject to and in recognition of such power of modification of the purposes and objects to be furthered by the board, and of the application of the trust property to such other purposes and objects in the manner provided.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1131 Coordination with community trusts.

Sec. 1131. - Coordination with community trusts. The rules, regulations and by-laws of the board of trustees may, from time to time, with concurrence of nine of the trustees, provide for the coordination of its duties and activities with the duties and activities of such community trust or foundation as may be formed in Kansas City for similar purposes and objects.

Kansas City Charter, art. XI, § 1132 Reports to be published.

Sec. 1132. - Reports to be published. The board of trustees shall cause to be made and published annually a full and complete report of the management and financial condition of all trusts, to be filed in the office of the City Clerk.

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=PTICHKAMI_ARTXIBOCO_DIV4BOTRTRFetched: 10/28/2026