Kennett City Council approves provisional license for Eddie Flores for 57 rental properties; resident urges prioritizing worst units

The Kennett City Council voted to issue a provisional license to property owner Eddie Flores covering 57 properties and directed that inspections be limited to occupied units with utilities turned on; staff will report inspection progress at each council meeting. The motion passed; the transcript does not specify who moved or seconded the motion or the numerical vote tally.

City staff explained that issuing a provisional license would alter the effect of a previously passed council resolution that had required code enforcement to notify residents of illegally occupied properties and give them 60 days to vacate. As a member of staff put it: "To answer the chief's question, what happens to the resolution we passed last time? If we pass this, provisional license for Eddie Flores, then what that does is that overrules that, that, resolution we passed last time." The staff member said inspections "will be inspected for our…