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Fairboard and commissioners clash over contracts, vendor fees and exhibit‑hall rentals; waivers granted for local groups
Summary
Fairboard members and county staff reviewed rental contracts for the new exhibit hall, debated whether rentals should be handled as user fees or contracts, and approved several fee waivers and event bookings while agreeing to draft an MOU clarifying fairboard and county responsibilities.
Fairboard representatives and county staff spent the bulk of the meeting reviewing rental and vendor contracts for the county fairgrounds’ new exhibit building and related facilities, agreeing to immediate, conditional approvals for local groups while directing staff to draft a memorandum of understanding clarifying roles and streamlining approvals.
“Any contract that the county has has to be signed by the commission,” a county attorney told board members, underscoring statutory limits on delegating signature authority. Fairboard members pushed to preserve operational flexibility; commissioners and legal counsel responded that liability and staff‑time costs require clearer distinctions between user fees and full…
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