When news broke last March that Kansas City’s city manager was a finalist for a similar job in Austin, Texas, Mayor Quinton Lucas and the City Council begged Brian Platt to stay.
They sidestepped normal protocol and gave Platt a big raise and added three years to his contract, which wasn’t set to expire until the end of 2024.
Now Platt could be on his way out the door. The same council that voted 12-1 to keep Platt in charge of city operations through the end of their terms in 2027 are now set to decide in two weeks whether to fire him…