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Board approves one-year lease renewal for Boundless Child Care at the Merit Center
Summary
The Board authorized a 12-month lease renewal, covering Aug. 2, 2026–Aug. 1, 2027, for Boundless Child Care (formerly King’s Kingdom) at the Merit Center and authorized the mayor to sign; staff described the tenant’s continued use of multiple classrooms and non‑exclusive rights to the gym and playground during child‑care hours.
The Decatur City Board of Works approved a 12-month lease renewal for Boundless Child Care, the operator formerly known as King’s Kingdom and affiliated with Boundless Church of the Nazarene.
Staff told the board the renewal would run from Aug. 2, 2026, through Aug. 1, 2027, and that the tenant will continue occupying multiple rooms (including rooms listed in the Merit Center inventory) with non‑exclusive rights to use the gymnasium and playground equipment during child‑care hours. The rent rate discussed in the spoken record was $525 per square foot annually; the transcript includes garbled total figures and a square‑foot number that are unclear in the audio record, so the exact total annual rent and the precise square‑foot area were not specified in the board’s spoken record.
A board member asked whether prior contracts included discounts and whether thresholds (for example, expanded space use) previously triggered a shift to the full rate. Staff said the tenant has been paying the $525 per square foot annual rate during the past year and that the board’s approval would authorize the mayor to sign the renewal.
The motion to approve the lease renewal was moved and seconded and approved by the board in the meeting; no named roll-call vote tallies appear in the transcript.
Next steps: the mayor will be authorized to execute the lease as approved by the board.
