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Resident asks county to enforce contract terms with Priority after injury on county property
Summary
At the Loudon County Commission workshop, Pat Hunter asked the commission to ensure contract terms requiring property maintenance by Priority are enforced, saying joint-responsibility clauses should be honored when injuries occur on county property.
Pat Hunter, a resident, asked the Loudon County Commission on Sept. 15 to ensure the county enforces contract terms that require Priority (the tenant/operator referenced) to maintain property in exchange for reduced rent.
“I heard the motion to ask Priority to pay for half of the paving that’s going to occur on the part of the property that they’re located,” Hunter said during general public comment. “But if there’s an agreement that states part of the agreement is that they are to maintain the property in return for free rent, I think that has to be enforced also.”
Hunter said enforcement matters because, if someone is injured on the property, the county could face liability alongside other parties. “If it states that part of the agreement is that they are to maintain the property, in return for free rent, I think that has to be enforced also,” she said.
A county speaker responded during the workshop that the contract covers the building and that the county has addressed some building-related issues. Hunter said she had not read the agreement in full and that she was raising the enforcement concern for the commission’s attention.
No formal action or vote took place at the workshop. Commissioners noted the contract exists and that enforcement questions could be pursued through staff review of the written agreement.
The workshop record does not show a staff commitment to a specific enforcement step; Hunter’s request was entered during the general public-comment period for commissioner consideration.
