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Court considers memorializing oral lease and creating written tower rental agreement with J and M Electronics
Summary
Officials proposed a resolution to memorialize an oral lease for radio tower space with J and M Electronics and to enter a written lease going forward; the transcript shows the proposal and draft language but does not record a final adoption vote in the excerpt.
Carroll County Fiscal Court discussed a proposal to memorialize an oral lease that has governed use of a radio communications tower and to enter a written rental agreement with the local firm J and M Electronics.
County officials said the relationship with J and M Electronics—operated locally by Steve Martin—had historically been governed by an oral understanding used to lease tower space for county radio equipment. The court’s proposed resolution would (1) memorialize the oral lease covering the period Jan. 1, 2023, through May 13, 2025, and (2) authorize a straightforward written rental agreement to continue the same terms going forward.
One participant raised a maintenance question—whether the written lease should specify lessee responsibilities to maintain tower infrastructure. Officials discussed drafting a short, basic lease that reflected past practice and clarified maintenance and insurance responsibilities.
The transcript includes language prepared for the resolution (memorializing the oral lease for the stated period) but does not show a recorded vote adopting the resolution in the provided excerpt. County staff were directed to prepare a simple written rental agreement and to return with it for further consideration.
