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Niceville council authorizes negotiations with Diamond Communications to market city properties for cell towers
Summary
The council voted to let the city manager negotiate a site‑marketing agreement with Diamond Communications to market city-owned properties to wireless carriers; company said it would seek to improve coverage in southern and eastern parts of the city and offered revenue sharing for new builds and colocations.
The Niceville City Council on the evening agenda authorized the city manager to enter negotiations with Diamond Communications to market city‑owned properties to wireless carriers, a first step that would not obligate the city to host new towers unless a later lease or ground‑lease agreement is approved.
Cameron Lee, site acquisition manager for Diamond Communications, told the council his firm identified coverage gaps in the southern and eastern parts of the city and proposed an exclusive site‑marketing arrangement that would add city parcels to Diamond’s portfolio and present them to major carriers. “What we have laid out in the contract or what we’re offering is…a revenue share of 50%, which…
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