Kansas City councilwoman says workers being paid despite network outage
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri city leaders met for the first time Tuesday in over a week as other leaders have weighed in on the network outage.
It’s been a week and a half since that outage shutdown many of the city’s systems.
The city has made payroll despite the network outage, according to Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw.
The news comes just a night after Independence City Manager Zach Walker presented during a special meeting of their city council.
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Walker said his city’s planning to spend $1.3 million this year on cyber security measures through their use tax. That’s separate from what residents could be voting on this August.
“But I was talking to somebody in the Kansas City Fire Department today who is not able to check email, isn’t sure if they’re going to be able to run payroll this Friday because they are subject to a ransomware attack,” Walker said to the council.
That information has not been verified by the city of Kansas City, Missouri. They also haven’t told FOX4 whether this is a ransomware attack.
Tuesday afternoon, Parks-Shaw walked into the Neighborhood, Planning, and Development Committee meeting on Floor 26 of City Hall. Tuesday was the first day committee meetings have taken place since the network outage was discovered Saturday, May 4.
“I don’t have any answers,” Parks-Shaw said when asked if she could tell us anything about the network outage.
Parks-Shaw referenced us to the statement the city put out Wednesday night, May 8. In that statement, the city said KC Water payments can still not be made online, but penalties won’t be assessed if you’re late on your payment due to the network outage.
If you’d like to make your water payment in person, you can make it at 4800 East 63rd Street. The city’s app’s back up and running. Municipal court’s reopened too.
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“Just out of an abundance of caution, they kind of shut the systems down, restricted them just to ensure that we can keep our Kansas City information safe, but that’s all I have,” Parks-Shaw said.
“Yeah,” she said when asked if the city was going to be able to make payroll.
“Yeah… we’re making payroll. The systems are working. Yeah. They’re making payroll,” Parks-Shaw continued laughing when asked if nobody’s not getting paid.
Tuesday afternoon, the Mayor’s Press Secretary Jazzlyn Johnson said the Mayor will be giving an update on the network outage sometime Wednesday.
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