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Commissioners seek clearer language in proposed five‑year lease with Lakes Highway District for boat launches
Summary
County staff presented a draft five‑year lease for Lakes Highway District boat launch properties; commissioners agreed with the proposal but asked staff and counsel to clarify the term “premises” and add explicit enforcement language before sending the final agreement to the district.
County staff presented a draft five‑year lease with the Lakes Highway District for boat launch properties and asked the Board of Commissioners for feedback before finalizing the agreement.
A commissioner raised a concern that the contract’s use of the word “premises” could be ambiguous because Exhibit A lists only legal addresses. The commissioner said the agreement should “explicitly say the surrounding local premises” if the county intends enforcement authority beyond the listed addresses. Counsel replied the language would likely “pass the legal sniff test,” but commissioners emphasized that clearer wording would help future staff and law-enforcement officers understand where citations could be written.
Commissioners expressed general support for the lease’s substance while asking staff to expand or clarify the definition of premises and to add a paragraph guiding citation authority and enforcement. One commissioner noted the practical need for certainty: “As people come and go, they’re going to rely on this contract… it would make sense to just clarify what we’ve already agreed to.”
Next steps: staff and counsel will draft clarifying edits to the lease (including the premises/enforcement language) before the county forwards the revised agreement to Lakes Highway District for its final consideration.
