Lamar County school board approves assignment of residential lease, schedules Dec. 10 meeting

The Lamar County School District board on Monday approved the assignment of lease number 987 from 'Janie's' to Nell Clark and set its next regular meeting for Dec. 10, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the district boardroom.

The assignment of lease #987 was introduced during the meeting with an appraisal figure stated as $10,000; a board speaker also stated a $500-per-year lease payment as presented at the meeting. A motion to approve the assignment was made, seconded and carried by voice vote; the chair declared “Aye. And that passes.” (voice vote recorded). The record in the transcript does not identify the motion’s mover and seconder by name or provide an itemized roll-call tally.

Earlier on the agenda a separate item sought approval of a new 40-year residential lease on a foreclosed parcel. A speaker stated the property’s appraisal at $13,000 and, as recorded at the meeting, asserted a $650 annual payment for a 40-year lease. The board discussed the item but the transcript does not show a completed formal vote on that specific 40-year lease during the public portion of the record.

During the meeting the board also moved routine scheduling business. The chair proposed Dec. 9, but after members’ availability comments the board took and passed a motion to set the next regular meeting for Dec. 10, 2024, at 6 p.m.

The board announced it would consider going into executive session later in the meeting; the transcript ends with that announced consideration and does not include the executive session’s motion, topics or any outcome.