Demorest approves renewable county lease for Ivy Street fire station
Demorest City Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental lease March 3 that would allow Habersham County to operate the city-owned fire station at 125 Ivy Street for fire protection and related purposes. The council’s 4-0 vote set first-year rent at $30,000 and authorized a one-year agreement with automatic renewal provisions.
March 3, 2026 · Approved
The next public indication of progress would be a city or county record showing that the lease was executed or that Habersham County began operating from the Ivy Street station. Longer term, written termination by either side or action during a renewal period could determine whether the county remains there; neither the operating start date nor the agreement’s subsequent course is established by the March 3 minutes.
This matter rests on a single official record so far. It stays compact until a later record adds to it.
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