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File #: 22032    Version: 0 Name: Oktoberfest license
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/4/2025 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 9/8/2025 Final action: 9/11/2025
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing Jackson County to execute a License with KC Bier Company of Kansas City, MO for an event named KC Oktoberfest to be held at Crown Center Square.
Sponsors: Charlie Franklin
Indexes: LICENSE AGREEMENT, OCTOBERFEST
Attachments: 1. 22032 Adopted, 2. RLA, 3. 2024 Jackson County Festival App & Permit, 4. 2025 Jackson Festival Application

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

A RESOLUTION authorizing Jackson County to execute a License with KC Bier Company of Kansas City, MO for an event named KC Oktoberfest to be held at Crown Center Square.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 22032, September 8, 2025

 

INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator

 

 

Body

 WHEREAS, October 3, 2025, through October 4, 2025, the Kansas City Bier Company will be presenting and organizing a two-day festival in celebration of German traditions named KC Oktoberfest; and,

 

WHEREAS, KC Oktoberfest is the largest traditional Oktober festival proudly presented in the region and is modeled after the Munich Oktoberfest in Germany; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Legislature acknowledges the benefits to the Jackson County and Kansas City communities of attracting an entertainment event to Jackson County which will promote goodwill and encourage family outings to districts within Jackson County; and,

 

WHEREAS, a license is necessary as it will set out the rights and obligations of the parties; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that Jackson County be and hereby is authorized to execute a License with Kansas City Bier Company.

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

 

_______________________________                                          

County Counselor

 

 

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22032 of September 8, 2025, was duly passed on September 11, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

                     Yeas _______7__________                                          Nays ______0_______

 

 

                     Abstaining ______0_______                                          Absent _____2_______

 

 

______________________                                                                ______________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature