County and art group come to agreement over building lease

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Following negotiations between members of the Jefferson County Commission and Jefferson Arts, Inc., the two parties came to an agreement regarding the latter’s commercial lease of a now county-owned building on West Washington Street that the group has called home for decades. Per the terms of the agreement, as presented by Commissioner Jessica Gramling to the Jefferson County Commission on Thursday, March 20, the art organization will pay a monthly rental fee of $25, plus pay all charges for gas, electricity, telecommunications (including internet), and other services and utilities on the property, as well as a monthly pass-through fee of $35 for wa