White Lakes council approves consent agenda, directs Verizon lease talks and signs several routine motions

The White Lakes City Council approved a package of routine motions at its Monday meeting while receiving updates on a major joint water project.

Council approved the consent agenda, directed city staff to continue negotiating a Verizon land-lease using a council-approved starting rate, approved a concession-stand agreement with the operator’s requested revenue split, approved a contractor pay application for the arena project, adopted the 2026 council meeting schedule and granted staff permission to develop marketing materials for the East Range water project funding outreach.

Consent agenda Councelor Jar moved to approve the consent agenda; the motion was seconded by councelor Grahams and the chair announced the motion approved with no opposition recorded.

Verizon land-lease negotiation Councelor Matson asked staff to mirror the American Tower rate and to account for differing leased footprints and easements. The council voted to direct city staff — including the city administrator and city attorney — to continue negotiating with Verizon and to present the council-approved starting rate for their approval. At the meeting staff cited the American Tower arrangement and noted a figure in the packet of about $856 for the coming year, including a 2% annual escalation; council discussion focused on ensuring easements for guy wires and on parity between tower agreements.

Concession-stand agreement Council considered a concession-stand agreement in which the operator requested a 70/30 revenue split (operator/city). Members noted prior contributions by the operator to local improvements and that revenues have declined; they asked staff to ensure year-end reporting so the split can be revisited if revenues increase. A motion from Beckman (second from councelor Ja) to approve the agreement carried with no opposition recorded.

Arena pay application Council approved Max pay application number 14 after brief discussion of outstanding items such as a wheelchair lift and retainers. The amount appears in the meeting transcription as "$28,93616"; staff should be consulted for the official contract payment amount and ledger entry.

Other business Council moved the 2026 regular meetings to the second and fourth Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., approved the 2026 liquor-license renewals as submitted, and authorized staff to prepare marketing materials (one-pagers, poster boards and testimonial videos) to support funding requests for the East Range water project. No formal action was taken on procurement for the water project itself at this meeting.

Next steps Staff will continue Verizon negotiations under council direction, confirm the contractor pay-application amount for the public record, provide year-end concession financials for council review as requested, and bring additional funding and procurement options for the water project back to the council for decision.