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Land bank reverses special meeting award, approves sale of 710 S. Lomond to original bidder
Summary
Fort Scott City Land Bank rescinded a special-meeting award and confirmed the original May 19 decision to sell 710 South Lomond to the earlier bidder, with the sale contingent on a zoning variance and a 30-day public notice.
The Fort Scott City Land Bank voted Monday to negate a special-meeting decision and reaffirm its original May 19 award of 710 South Lomond to the board's earlier applicant, Max Fanning.
Board member Matthew Wells moved to rescind the later award and keep the initial decision. "My motion will be that we negate that special meeting vote and stick with our original vote on the nineteenth," Wells said. The motion passed with board members voting in favor; the board said it would not finalize the sale or release funds until the buyer obtains a required variance and the city completes a 30-day newspaper publication as part of the sale process.
The vote ends a multi-month dispute among two applicants over the right to buy the nonconforming lot. The board discussed multiple offers during a May series of meetings: an early applicant…
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