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Soil & Water district warns of office-lease risk as USDA partners consider relocation
Summary
Dearborn County Soil and Water Conservation District told commissioners its lease at a Randall Avenue building will expire at year-end and the landlord has been slow to correct building problems; the district asked for a $20,000 placeholder in the budget for possible rent or build-out costs and discussed using county-owned space if needed.
Officials from the Dearborn County Soil and Water Conservation District told commissioners the district's current space — provided under a memorandum with federal partners — is in disrepair and its lease expires at the end of the year. The district said it has asked the building owner for repairs but has had limited responsiveness and that the building’s new owner is out of state.
District vice-chair Ken Gonkel and district coordinator Beth Terrell said NRCS and FSA currently share the building under a federal memorandum of understanding and that…
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