Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri issue waterworks revenue bonds in the principal amount of $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, expanding and improving the City’s waterworks system?
August 4, 2026 · Kansas City city, Missouri · City
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Representation: Low · 0 out of 100
This district is large for its type, so each vote is a smaller slice of the outcome. About 510,612 people live here.
score = 100 × ln(largest population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(largest ÷ smallest), rounded to 2 decimals = 100 × ln(510,612 ÷ 510,612) ÷ ln(510,612 ÷ 1) = 0, comparing cities and towns in MO (grades: 66+ high, 33+ average, otherwise low)
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Ballot Measure
Environment and Public Health (for), Public Infrastructure (for)
Allows Kansas City to borrow up to $750 million for waterworks improvements. The revenue bonds may pay to rehabilitate, expand, and improve the drinking-water system and acquire needed land or rights-of-way so it can keep operating and comply with federal, state, and court requirements. Principal and interest would be paid only from waterworks-system revenue, not property taxes, and the city may set water rates and charges high enough to cover operations, debt service, and reserves. Approval would not issue all bonds at once: each future sale requires a separate City Council ordinance specifying the amount and projects, and its cost will depend on the interest rate and sale size. The ballot text states no expiration date for the authorization.
A YES vote means
Kansas City may issue up to $750 million in waterworks revenue bonds for system rehabilitation, expansion, improvements, and related land or rights-of-way. Future bond sales still require separate City Council approval, and waterworks revenues and customer rates—not property taxes—would cover operating costs, debt payments, and reserves.
A NO vote means
Kansas City receives no new $750 million waterworks bond authorization from this election. Planned water-system work would not automatically disappear, but the city could not issue bonds under this proposal and would have to use the roughly $15 million remaining from prior authority or other financing for future projects.
Read the official measure text
Source: clerk.kcmo.gov
Source: kcmo.gov
Source: kcwater.us
Election sources
Source: clerk.kcmo.gov