Last week, the Saline County Board of Commissioners said it wanted to hear from the public before taking action on the Expo Center. This week, the public responded.
The Salina City Commission was offering the county a lease agreement of 25 years with three five-year options on the Expo grounds, which the city owns. The agreement would require the county to invest $5.7 million in the project in the first five years of the lease.
The county was hoping for a full 40-year lease if it was going to invest that much so early and last week drafted a letter to the city stating its intentions to vacate the land in August 2021.
(Read more: News – Salina Journal)