APPROVING A TOWER SPACE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC

                                               RESOLUTION NO. _____ - 2017

                  APPROVING A TOWER SPACE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC

Fiscal Impact: [ ] None [X] Budgeted Expenditure [ ] Not Budgeted

Background: Sauk County owns and maintains a Communications and Fiber network throughout the county. Space is available for a carrier to lease on a number of the nine (9) county-owned tower sites.  T-Mobile Central LLC has requested to lease space on county-owned Towers on Thuli Road in the Township of Spring Green and on the County Rd. N tower in the Township of Bear Creek. A tower space lease Agreement has developed between Sauk County and T-Mobile Central LLC to lease up to 200 square feet of ground space, and install up to six (6) antennas and feed lines on each of the requested towers at Thuli Rd and County Rd N. T-Mobile Central LLC will compensate the County monthly with the first term being a five (5) year lease for each site leased. T-Mobile has the option to renew the lease for three (3) more five (5) year periods, which would total up to a twenty (20) year lease.        

          WHEREAS T-Mobile Central LLC proposes to lease ground and tower space on the Thuli Road and County Rd N Towers from Sauk County; and

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, hereby authorizes the County Board Chair and County Clerk to sign the lease contract with T-Mobile Central LLC for the leasing of both ground and tower space on the described county-owned tower sites.

For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on December 19, 2017.

Respectfully submitted,

COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

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SCOTT VON ASTEN, chair                         WILLIAM HAMBRECHT

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THOMAS KRIEGL                                          KRISTIN WHITE EAGLE

ANDY ANDREWS

FISCAL NOTE: Assuming the lease is renewed and is continued as is for the full 20 years, Sauk County will receive revenues totaling $1,155,929.94 for both tower sites.

MIS NOTE:  No MIS impact