Kansas City officials have requested proposals for a temporary modular jail, and several community leaders lent their support for the idea at the August 11 meeting of the South Kansas City Alliance. The proposals are due August 19.
“We need a temporary facility for the next two, three or four years,” said Bobbi Baker, CEO/president of the Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. She said a plan introduced last year to use the eighth floor of the KC Police Department was not the right place.
Kevin Klinkenberg, executive director of Midtown KC Now, cautioned that many things still must be decided, including a site for the module jail. But he called the idea a logical short-term solution, adding “I feel like we have a strong majority support on the city council and mayor to get this approved.”…