(KAIR)--As notification is given regarding the planned closure of Horton’s lone nursing home, the City of Horton explores options to keep it open.

According to a news release from Horton City Administrator John Calhoon, the City is “actively working on keeping Mission Village Living Facility open, contrary to the current Mission Village Board giving their notice to close the facility.”

Calhoon said the City “values community input and assistance and will be holding a Special Commission Meeting...to further discuss [the] issue.”

The meeting is scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, April 10 at 5:00 at the Horton Blue Building.

Calhoon, in the release, said the City is strongly encouraging “all interested individuals to attend and participate,” adding that the City “values the longstanding care and importance of retaining the nursing home,” and is “optimistic that [the issue] can and will be accomplished prior to any closure of the facility.”

The steps to keep the facility open come as the Board of Directors for the living facility announced the planned closure this week.

A letter from the Mission Village Living Facility Board of Directors, dated April 4 and directed to associates of the facility, has been obtained by MSC News. It states that “the board has strived to keep the facility open as long as possible but due to low cash reserves and declining census, the facility is not able to create a sustainable future.”

The letter announces a planned closing date of June 8, and tells the employees it’s addressed to that they should “be assured” that “there will be no interruptions in payroll.”

The letter is signed by Board President Dave Thompson and Board Member Tom Kidwell.

The nursing home, formerly known as the Tri-County Manor, is a 35-bed long term care facility that has been in operation since 1975.

It’s located at 1890 Euclid Avenue, adjacent to the Horton Community Hospital which closed last month.