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Board moves to negotiate lease for Meadville cell tower after county-built structure found on school property
Summary
Board voted to have its attorney draft a lease with the county (or with a carrier) to regularize a 2021 cell tower that was built on Meadville school property using CARES funds; the board seeks a 50/50 revenue split and that maintenance costs remain with the county or carrier rather than the school division.
The Halifax County School Board directed its attorney to draft a lease agreement to regularize a county-constructed telecommunications tower located on Meadville Elementary School property and to seek a 50/50 revenue split, after staff briefed the board on the tower—s history and recent county requests.
Board members said they had no record that the tower—s construction was ever approved by the school board. An email from the county administrator (Mister Simpson) attached a survey and requested the school board consider reverting a parcel described…
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