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Select Board terminates agricultural lease for nonpayment
Summary
The Select Board voted to terminate the Moon and Stars farm lease for nonpayment after staff reported the tenant owes $800 and has not complied with lease obligations (cutting stalks and planting cover crops); staff proposed forgiving the debt in exchange for required agricultural work but the board voted to terminate.
Town staff reported the agricultural tenant known as Moon and Stars is delinquent $800 in rent and has failed to meet lease obligations requiring the tenant to cut corn stalks and plant cover crops each fall. Staff recommended terminating the lease for nonpayment and offered an alternative: forgive the delinquency in exchange for completing the required cover-crop work, which staff said the tenant described as too expensive.
After brief discussion about enforcement prospects and the tenant's past noncompliance, the board voted to terminate the agricultural lease for nonpayment. "He is delinquent $800," staff said. The motion to terminate the lease carried by voice vote.
