Committee approves farm lease bids for Catlin Park and Etna Road

The Finance and TIF Committee approved two separate farm-lease bids during its Sept. 8 meeting. The committee approved a bid for a 119.43-acre lease at Catlin Park at $247.65 per acre and a bid for a 15.41-acre lease on Etna Road at $252.57 per acre. The Catlin Park lease motion was made by committee member Areida Zinecki and seconded by Craig Emmett; the transcript records the chair calling for a voice vote and the motion passing with members saying “Aye.” The Etna Road lease motion was made by a committee member identified in the transcript as Grama and seconded by Gary Small; the motion also passed with no opposition recorded on the transcript. The transcript does not include lessee names, lease terms beyond acreage and per-acre bid amounts, total dollar calculations, or start/end dates for the leases. The committee noted the leases do not require committee signatures on the leases themselves and returned the papers to staff for processing. No public comment or discussion of environmental or land-use impacts was recorded in the transcript.