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Motion to remove museum lease from Douglas County agenda fails; commissioner alleges nonprofit misfeasance
Summary
A motion to remove a museum lease item from tomorrow's Douglas County Board of Commissioners agenda failed after a contested vote. Commissioner Kenner Jones accused a nonprofit of misfeasance and poor records keeping; Vice Chair Alvarez urged the board to leave the item on the agenda so members of the public could attend.
DOUGLAS COUNTY — A motion to remove an item relating to a museum lease from the Douglas County Board of Commissioners' agenda failed after a contested hand vote, and a commissioner used the public meeting to allege misfeasance by a nonprofit.
The motion to remove the lease item, made during the public meeting and said to have been discussed in executive session, was moved by Commissioner Kenner Jones and seconded by Vice Chair Alvarez. The chair called for a hand vote; the tally was announced in the transcript as "3 2," and the chair then stated, "Motion fails," after an immediately corrected remark that had briefly suggested the opposite. The…
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