Fair Board asks museum to consider co-locating events; staff to place item on future agenda

A Fair Board representative told the board that the fairgrounds facility is often unusable for some events and asked whether the museum and fairgrounds could explore swapping spaces or co-locating to share parking, utilities and potentially attract larger grants.

"We're in the same situation where our facility is not usable for a lot of events... maybe we could get go next door, and then we'd be able to combine expenses, parking area or, you know, water, sewer," the Fair Board representative (public commenter) said, urging the board to consider opportunities to combine facilities to reduce costs and expand usable space.

The Chair responded that, because the issue was not on the agenda, the board could not conduct an extended decision at that moment but agreed to place the topic on a future agenda for formal discussion, especially if the Fair Board provides more specific plans.

No formal action was taken at the meeting; the board invited the Fair Board to bring a proposal for consideration at a subsequent meeting.