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Modoc County delays billboard lease while counsel reviews content restrictions
Summary
The board postponed a commercial lease for billboard space with Lamar Companies after staff and supervisors raised concerns about whether the county can restrict political or other messages; legal and insurance implications will be reviewed before the board considers revised language.
Heather Kelly, representing the Modoc County Air Pollution Control District, asked the board to authorize a commercial lease of billboard space to Lamar Companies that would bring $2,000 annually to the district.
Kelly said the lease would produce revenue for the district and that the agreement uses a standard legal template. "This is a contract that we will be leasing space, the billboards space to Lamar, and that revenue will go back into the air…
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