Kansas City, Missouri Permits and Regulations
PERMITS
Kansas City Police Department, http://www.kcpd.org/kcpd2004/Index.htm
Media Relations Unit
(816) 234-5170
Kansas City Fire Department, http://www.kcmo.org/fire.nsf/web/home
Jim Duddy, Assistant Chief Fire Marshall
(816) 784-9100
Kansas City Parks and Recreation, http://www.kcmo.org/parks.nsf/web/home
The Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department oversees more than 10,000 acres of park land, 140+ miles of landscaped boulevards and hundreds of fountains throughout Kansas City. For information on obtaining permits to film in these scenic filming locations, please contact Shannon Dooley (816) 513-7675.
Street Closings
Permits to close Kansas City, Missouri streets start at $40. For more information, please contact Brian Flynn (816) 513-2646 or Mike Rukgaber (816) 513-2670, Kansas City Missouri Street and Traffic Division.
American Federation of Television & Radio artists http://www.aftra-mo.org
Click here for detailed permit and tax information.
LABOR ISSUES
Unemployment insurance
Unemployment tax rates in Missouri are based on the first $8,500 of an employee's annual salary. This applies to businesses having one or more workers on the payroll for 20 weeks during the calendar year, and to any business paying an employee $1,500 in a given quarter. An employer new to Missouri (with no experience rating) will pay the normal entry rate of 2.511 percent for two years.
Your company's permanent work crew, working temporarily in Missouri, would be subject to the reporting regulations of their base state.
Contact: Missouri Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations (573) 751-3215
Worker's Compensation
All businesses with five or more employees must provide worker's compensation insurance to protect their workers in case of job-related injury, illness or death. Missouri companies can offer this protection through a private insurance carrier or they can become self-insurers. Premium rates vary, depending upon the risks associated with special occupation and the employee's total annual salary. Production companies from other states working temporarily in Missouri can arrange for extensions of their compensation insurance coverage to Missouri (provided their insurance company is licensed to operate in Missouri).
Contact: Missouri Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations (573) 751-4231
Child Labor:
Any person under 16 years of age working as a performer in the entertainment industry must secure an entertainment work permit from the Missouri Division of Labor Standards. State law sets forth requirements regarding proof of age, written consent of legal guardians, meal and break times, amount of hours worked per day or week, and productions involving dangerous situations. For a detailed account of Missouri's Child Labor Law, please contact the Division of Labor Standards at (573) 751-3403, or go to www.dolir.mo.gov/ls/childlabor.
Union Labor:
Missouri is not a right-to-work state. Some unions are represented in Missouri and should be contacted if you are seeking any production services involving the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. A good person to contact with questions concerning film related unions in Missouri is Gary Hansen, the IATSE 493 representative in St. Louis.
IATSE Contact:
Gary Hansen
Business Rep, Local 493 Studio Mechanics
P.O. Box 410151
St. Louis, MO 63141-0151
(314) 469-4931 or (314) 614-0591
IATSE493@aol.com
http://www.iatse493.org/
Teamsters Contact:
Rich Piglowski, Secretary/Treasurer
Teamsters Local 610, St. Louis
11472 Schenk Drive
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
(314) 209-0018 Office
(314) 209-0035 Fax
(314)-209-0042 Cell
rich@local610.org
Additional information about the teamsters and motion picture production may be accessed at:
http://www.teamster.org/divisions/motionpicture/mopicture.asp
Screen Actors Guild Contact:
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is a labor union founded in 1933 to protect performers. Primarily concerned with wages and working conditions, SAG negotiates and enforces collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits and working conditions for performers.
SAG is affiliated with The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) through the Associated Actors and Artists of America.
Kit Woods
1 East Erie, Suite #650
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel. (312) 573-8081
Fax (312) 573-0318 (local)
Fax (800) 599-1675 (toll free)
Chicago Executive Director: Eileen Willenborg
(312) 573-8081
Visit the SAG Website at: http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/index.jsp
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
General Emergency
911
Emergency Roadside Assistance
Missouri- *55 on your cell phone
FBI
(816) 512-8200
Missouri Highway Patrol
(573) 751-3313
www.missourihighwaypatrol.com
Poison Control Center
(913) 588-6633
National Weather Service
Northwest Missouri (816) 540-6021
Kansas City, Missouri Police Department
(816) 234-5070
Kansas City, Missouri Fire Department
(816) 784-9200
