Lee's Summit council adopts five-year, $792 million capital improvement plan

At a regular session, the Lee's Summit City Council adopted the five-year capital improvement plan (CIP) for fiscal years 2026–2030, approving a program of projects and funding plans the city said is fiscally constrained.

The plan lists nearly $792,000,000 in capital work across streets, water, sewer, parks and facilities and incorporates the CIP's first year into the FY2026 budget. Michael Park, the city's director of public works, told council that the document lists projects that are funded or have money associated with them and that projects of $75,000 or more are included.

Park said, “The CIP is a planning document. It's 5 year, CIP that is fiscally constrained.” He told council staff began the CIP process in November, coordinated with the public works committee and the planning commission and accommodated an accelerated schedule tied to the city's ERP implementation.

City staff told council the CIP covers larger bond- and sales-tax–funded projects that voters previously approved and also includes federal funding lines. Park said the five-year list approaches $792,000,000; he also noted more than $440,000,000 in work is funded through FY2026 and flagged roughly $77,000,000 in federal funds associated with CIP projects. The plan adds 27 new projects totaling about $68,000,000 and reports 21 projects completed in the prior year, representing more than $30,000,000 of work placed into service.

The planning commission held a public hearing and unanimously recommended the comprehensive plan amendment needed to incorporate the CIP. Councilmember Carlisle moved to adopt Resolution No. 25-12, which adopts the FY2026–FY2030 CIP in accordance with the Lee's Summit charter; Councilmember Hodges seconded the motion. The council voted unanimously to approve the resolution.

Council and staff discussion focused on sequencing and on how voter-approved bond issues and sales-tax measures shaped the project list. Park described the CIP as “sequencing” and “prioritizing” a set of projects that largely derives from prior voter direction; he told council that every project passed in the 2023 no-tax-increase bond issue is either in the CIP or already completed.

What happens next: the adopted CIP will be used to guide design, procurement and budget allocations; staff said the first fiscal year of the plan is incorporated in the FY2026 budget and projects will move from planning to design and construction according to available funding and procurement rules.

Council action: Resolution No. 25-12 adopting the FY2026–FY2030 capital improvement plan passed unanimously. The planning commission and public works committee were part of the multi-step review process that produced the recommended plan.