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Board approves one‑year $1 parking lease with Good Samaritan Society amid questions about historic cemetery records
Summary
Freeborn County approved a one‑year, $1‑per‑year parking lot lease with the Good Samaritan Society but commissioners pressed staff to research historic records and survey whether two cemeteries lie on the parcel before longer commitments are made.
The Freeborn County Board voted on March 3 to approve a one‑year parking lot lease with the Good Samaritan Society for $1 per year, a move county leaders said is intended to indemnify the county and document the nonprofit’s current use of the parcel.
The administrator introduced the year‑to‑year lease and said the contract was reviewed by county counsel. Several commissioners urged caution and asked when the prior lease had expired and what compensation terms previous agreements contained; one commissioner said older records…
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