Johnson County spent nearly $500K on failed homeless shelter
The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) terminated its contract to buy the La Quinta Inn in the city and turn it into a homeless shelter. The votes came during a special meeting Thursday morning and after the city council rejected a Special Use Permit (SUP) for it after a lengthy meeting that began Tuesday night and went into Wednesday morning.
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Johnson County commissioners voted to terminate a lease agreement with La Quinta Inn after the city of Lenexa shot down a permit for a new homeless shelter.
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After a more than six-hour council meeting that stretched past midnight, a majority of Lenexa City Council rejected the plan to buy a former La Quinta Inn and turn it into a homeless services center.
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I think it puts an additional, and I think unwarranted, burden on the city,” one councilman said of the shelter proposal.
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