News

All three finalists have years of experience in top roles with Kansas City government. Two work there now. One retired two years ago.
A previously unreported look inside the Kansas City Council’s deliberations over the fate of city manager Brian Platt came ...
Kansas City named three people as finalists for city manager. Brian Platt was ousted from the job in March. The application ...
Kansas City Manager Brian Platt was fired following a three-week paid suspension. He was the city's highest-paid employee. Kansas City Council voted unanimously to fire city manager Brian Platt, who ...
Brian Platt is out as Kansas City’s manager, after a unanimous Thursday vote from the Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council. Lucas cited a variety of reasons, including the recent lawsuits ...
When Kansas City Manager Brian Platt was unanimously fired by the City Council on Thursday, he joined the ranks of six other city managers who have been ousted — either removed or forced to resign.
In the past, Kansas City has hired a consultant to conduct a time-consuming nationwide search for a city manager. After Brian ...
WE’LL GO THROUGH YOUR WEEKEND STORM TIMELINE COMING UP. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE. KMBC NINE S ANDY ALCOCK IS JOINING US LIVE ...
Brian Platt is suspended indefinitely, but still technically has his job, after a Thursday Kansas City Council vote left the city manager’s fate in limbo. Two weeks after Platt was suspended wit ...
After evaluating 40 candidates for the open city manager position, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council have ...