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Maurice council accepts bid to rent city farmland for 2025–27 crop years
Summary
The Maurice City Council voted unanimously Feb. 18 to accept a sealed bid from Brady Van Gorp to rent roughly 11 acres of city-owned farmland at $306 per acre for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 crop years.
The Maurice City Council accepted a sealed bid to rent approximately 11 acres of city-owned farmland for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 crop years. Councilmember Roger De Weerd moved to accept the bid from Brady Van Gorp at $306 per acre; Sharon Vermeer seconded the motion and the council voted all ayes.
The motion, made during the council’s Feb. 18, 2025 regular meeting, followed the opening of sealed bids; the minutes record the acreage as "approximately 11 acres" and the accepted rate as $306 per acre for each of the three crop years. The minutes do not list competing bids or additional lease terms such as payment schedule, conservation requirements, or a written lease start date.
The action is recorded as part of the city’s routine new-business agenda. No public comment on the farmland lease was noted in the minutes. The council adjourned at the close of the meeting; no follow-up action on the lease beyond acceptance of the bid was recorded in the minutes.
