Brian Platt is out as Kansas City’s manager, after a unanimous Thursday vote from the Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council. Lucas cited a variety of reasons, including the recent lawsuits involving Platt, failure to create goals for departments and “the loss of confidence in leadership abilities both from staff and the elected official level.”

Kansas City Council voted unanimously to fire city manager Brian Platt, who was suspended three weeks ago after the city lost a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Platt is being represented by a law firm that specializes in employment discrimination.

City Manager Brian Platt, who ran the day-to-day operations for Kansas City, has been fired by the city council. The vote came at a special meeting on Thursday morning, which was held behind closed doors for roughly an hour and a half.