Brian Platt has been suspended from his role as city manager, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Thursday night.
Platt has been suspended with pay effective Thursday, according to Lucas. His suspension comes one day after the former director of communications for the Kansas City government won a whistleblower lawsuit against the city, alleging that Platt demoted him in 2022 because he resisted Platt’s encouragement to lie to the news media.
In a letter to Platt shared with members of the media Thursday night, Lucas wrote that the Kansas City Council will make a decision on Platt’s employment status during the council’s March 20 meeting.
In the meantime, Deputy City Manager Kimiko Gilmore has been promoted to Interim City Manager effective Thursday.
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