Kansas City Jail Switcheroo Redux

Sharing this worthwhile roundup because . . . 

IT'S IMPORTANT LOCAL DON'T FORGET MAYOR Q'S POWER MOVE ON THIS CRITICAL LOCAL RESOURCES THAT WILL DELAY CONSTRUCTION & DRIVE COSTS HIGHER!!!

Here's a summary and better reporting . . .  

The City Council approved an ordinance Thursday removing the detention center from its originally proposed site near Interstate 70 and Highway 40 and relocating it to 7750 E. Front Street, just east of Frontier Schools, where the city is already constructing a temporary modular jail. This ordinance was not listed on the pre-published agenda, and council members waived standard procedures that typically include committee review and public testimony.

Fourth District At-Large Councilman Crispin Rea was one of three council members who voted against the measure.

“With very little transparency, the Mayor pushed an ordinance to move the municipal detention center site from I-70 and 40 Hwy — a location overwhelmingly supported by voters last April — to Front Street,” Rea wrote in a Facebook post following the vote. “There was zero community engagement, we bypassed the ordinary council process of committee hearings and public testimony, and made the decision without completed analysis proving that it’s a lower cost site.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

City Moves Detention Center Site Without Public Input, Drawing Concern From Council and Neighbors - Northeast News