Resident asks commissioners to require notice and disclosure of agricultural leases; board takes proposal under advisement

Brad Simone, who identified himself as representing Eastern Howard County, presented a drafted ordinance he said would require notice and disclosure of agricultural land lease agreements to promote public transparency and inform land‑use planning.

Simone read from his draft and highlighted a waiver clause from one lease that he said acknowledged potential nuisances — "visual impacts, possible increased noise levels, possible glare" — and required owners to waive their rights to object to such…