Hon. Tyrone Garner

Tyrone A. Garner is the 31st mayor of Kansas City, Kansas and the 5th mayor and CEO since city/count consolidation in 1997. Garner was sworn into office on Dec. 13, 2021. The mayor’s office is responsible for overseeing the official activities of the unified government, working in conjunction with the Board of Commissioners and the county administrator.

Garner is dedicated to providing bold, visionary, decisive, engaged and community driven leadership to meet and exceed the reasonable expectations that the community has for its elected officials. His overriding goal is to work alongside community members to make all of Wyandotte County a great and safe place to live, work and raise a family.

Garner ran on a seven-point platform that he will use to guide the work that he does as your mayor. The seven points are:

• Visionary Leadership: Fostering unity, opportunity and hope
• Engaged Leadership: Putting people over politics
• Fiscal Responsibility: Streamlined government and real tax relief
• Equitable Development: Investing in the disinvested
• Equitable Public Safety: Enhanced safety and authentic reforms
• Infrastructure Improvements: Upgrades for bridges, roads, sidewalks and parks
• COVID-19 Recovery: Focus on resident health, education, poverty, small businesses and jobs

 

Session

Plenary Session I