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Kittitas County commissioners consider 30-year lease of Lot H 15 B at Bowers Field
Summary
Kittitas County commissioners reviewed a proposal to lease Lot H 15 B at Bowers Field to Kelly Nickerson, with Public Works outlining a 30-year term at 16 cents per square foot and an 8% rent adjustment every five years; the transcript does not record a clear final vote tally on Resolution No. 236002.
Kittitas County commissioners reviewed a proposal to lease Lot H 15 B at Bowers Field to local resident Kelly Nickerson after a presentation from Public Works staff.
Josh Gregersen of the county Public Works department told commissioners that Nickerson has requested to lease Lot H 15 B in the island section of the airfield, immediately north of an existing hangar. Gregersen said the county has worked with PSC and "through a carb loan" to extend electrical utility service to the area, a development he said makes leasing the parcel feasible.
Gregersen summarized the lease terms presented to the board: the county's adopted rate of 16 cents per square foot, a standard 30-year term with options to extend, and rental-adjustment language that applies an 8% increase every five years. He also said the lease contains language allowing adjustments if a future lease-rate study is completed. Gregersen told the board that Nickerson reviewed and signed the relevant documentation and asked the commissioners to consider the matter for public hearing.
A commissioner asked about the exhibit and the construction schedule; the record shows the plan aims for construction to be "buttoned up by October." The chair opened the public comment period; no members of the public spoke and the chair closed the comment period.
A motion was made to approve Resolution No. 236002, "authorizing authorization to execute a lease of the" (motion text truncated in the transcript). The transcript records a motion and an apparent second but does not record who seconded or a clear vote tally. The commissioners exchanged brief remarks about county investments enabling the lease, the chair called "All in favor," but the transcript does not clearly record whether the motion passed or the final vote count.
The record available here does not include a clear final vote tally or an explicit entry of the outcome. Meeting minutes or the county clerk's official record should be consulted for the definitive action on Resolution No. 236002.
