Council approves consent items, Iron Horse business plan and adopts 2025–29 strategic plan; schedules executive session

The City of Leawood governing body took a sequence of unanimous actions during the meeting, approving an amended agenda, multiple consent items and resolutions, accepting staff reports, approving a golf-course business plan, adopting the city strategic plan for 2025–2029, and voting to recess into executive session.

Approve agenda: Mayor Mark Elkins opened the meeting and the council voted to approve the agenda as amended. The motion to approve the amended agenda was moved by Council member Sippel and seconded by Council member Gayed; the mayor called for the ayes and the agenda was "unanimously adopted." No roll-call vote with individual names was read into the record beyond the vocal "ayes."

Consent agenda and related resolutions: The council approved the remainder of the consent agenda (items a, b, c, f, g and j) by motion; the motion was offered by Council member Sunkel and seconded by Council member Larson and the items were unanimously approved. Items included among consent approvals and related resolutions (as recorded on the meeting agenda and spoken record) included:

- An agreement with Great Plains SPCA for animal-impound services (staff discussion noted the city averages about two dogs per month taken to the SPCA; Police Chief Brad Robinson provided operational details). The SPCA agreement and related fees were discussed but no individual votes on fee amounts were held apart from the consent approval.

- Amendment No. 3 to the independent-contractor agreement with MTS Contracting relating to repairs on the Justice Center parking garage. Council member Kane commented on the use of outside consultants because of limited public-works staff capacity; the resolution authorizing the mayor to execute Amendment No. 3 was adopted unanimously.

- Amendment No. 1 to a professional services agreement with Advantage Project Management for project-management services; the council adopted the resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the amendment.

- Mayoral appointments of citizen volunteers to committees, commissions and boards were approved following brief discussion; one reappointment was noted and the clerk confirmed that a resume was available for the new appointee.

Iron Horse Golf Course business plan: Council voted to approve the 2025 business plan for the Iron Horse Golf Course. Council member Larson moved the approval and Council member Sippel seconded; the motion passed unanimously.

Staff reports accepted: The council accepted a parks and recreation staff report from Director Chris Claxton and accepted a public-works staff report from Director David Lay after member questions and officer updates. Both staff reports were accepted unanimously.

Strategic plan adoption: After several months of drafting and review, the governing body voted to adopt the City of Leawood Strategic Plan for 2025–2029. The motion to adopt the strategic plan was moved by Council member Villa and seconded by Council member Sunkel; the council voted "aye" and the strategic plan was unanimously approved and will be published on the city's website and accompanied by a press release from communications staff.

Executive session: The council then approved a motion to recess into executive session for 30 minutes to consult with the city attorney on matters covered by the attorney–client privilege, citing K.S.A. 75-4319 (attorney–client exception). Council member Harrison moved to recess into executive session and Council member Sippel seconded; the motion passed unanimously and the meeting recessed.

No recorded dissenting votes were read into the public record during these actions; vocal "ayes" were used for roll-call acceptance and Mayor Elkins noted the actions were unanimously adopted. Where additional operational details were discussed (for example, animal-control practices and the budget placeholder for SPCA impound costs), staff provided clarifications but no separate council votes were taken beyond the listed approvals.