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Kennett council issues 60-day provisional licenses to two landlords with inspection, reporting conditions
Summary
The Kennett City Council granted 60-day provisional licenses to landlords Riley Cook and Derek Cunningham, requiring each to pass inspection on three occupied and three unoccupied properties, attend monthly progress updates at council meetings, and limit permits to three at a time.
The Kennett City Council voted Feb. 17 to issue 60-day provisional rental licenses to landlords Riley Cook and Derek Cunningham, attaching inspections and reporting requirements intended to address property maintenance concerns.
Under the agreements, each landlord must have three occupied and three unoccupied properties pass city inspection within 60 days. Each must also attend one council meeting each month to report progress, and no more than three building permits may be issued in a licensee’s name at any one time. Council Member Dennis Pelts made the motion to approve the agreement for both applicants; Council Member Bob Young seconded both motions.
Council Member Mark Bryant voted no on the motion approving Riley Cook’s agreement; the record shows the Cook motion otherwise passed. No roll-call breakdown was provided for the motion approving Derek Cunningham’s agreement. Mayor Jake Crafton summarized that the measures were intended to ensure inspections and to restrict building-permit activity while landlords bring properties into compliance.
Riley Cook told the council he has not met a previously agreed number of inspections because winter weather and lack of manpower slowed repairs and that some rental units are not supporting themselves because tenants are not paying rent. The council discussed eviction or trespass enforcement for occupants the city described as living in properties without utilities; the council did not change local eviction law but directed compliance through the license conditions.
Derek Cunningham said he has contacted multiple brokers and is pursuing sales of rental properties; he reported five properties have passed inspection so far. The council’s agreement for Cunningham mirrors Cook’s: three occupied and three unoccupied properties must pass inspection within 60 days, and he must provide monthly updates to the council.
The council recorded these approvals as Old Business; the measures are administrative agreements rather than ordinance changes and include compliance conditions and reporting requirements intended to provide oversight while the landlords work to bring properties into compliance.
