The city won’t work with CJR Construction Group for two years, after the company repeatedly violated its prevailing wage rules. This is the first time Kansas City has debarred a contractor in years.

Kansas City will no longer work with CJR Construction Group after it found the contractor failed to properly pay its employees on three different projects.

This process, called debarment, means the company cannot work on city-funded projects or any development that receives tax abatements in the city for two years.

The city found that the Raytown-based contractor failed to properly pay five employees on its Jazz Hill Homes construction project. That project received a 25-year property tax abatement and a sales tax exemption on construction materials. The city recovered more than $36,000

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