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Council votes to bring city billboards in‑house, staff to develop transition plan

5970925 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

After an executive‑session discussion, Kingman Council voted to end the Chamber of Commerce’s management of city billboards and direct staff to manage or contract billboard services to retain advertising revenue and control messaging.

Kingman council members voted Oct. 21 to terminate the Chamber of Commerce’s long‑standing management arrangement for the city’s billboards and to bring billboard management under city control.

Economic development staff presented the history: the city and Chamber entered agreements in 1982 to operate three billboards; one was removed in 2024 for the I‑11/I‑40 interchange and the other two remain along I‑40. Staff said the Chamber later contracted with Lamar Company LLC to manage billboard sales under differing lease terms, creating a situation in which the…

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