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Old Courthouse Museum board asks Douglas County commissioners for two-year lease; commissioners add lease request to tomorrow's agenda
Summary
New museum leaders told the Board of Commissioners they reorganized, have a plan to improve transparency and asked for a two-year lease so they can demonstrate operational improvements. After extended Q&A, the board agreed to add the museum lease request to tomorrow's agenda for a vote.
The Old Courthouse Museum's new leadership asked the Douglas County Board of Commissioners on May 4 for a two-year lease so the nonprofit can implement reforms, expand school tours and pursue fundraising partnerships.
Frank Frank, who introduced himself as a museum board presenter, said the newly constituted board had reorganized leadership, would provide quarterly and annual financial reports and open its books to county review. "We are here to ask for a new lease," Frank said, urging commissioners to put a two-year agreement on the next day's agenda so the board could show progress.
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