Leases approved for Coulee Dam's building

Coulee Dam Town Council agreed on two leases at its meeting Jan. 27.

Council members agreed to leases for The Melody Restaurant and Riverview Lanes, the town’s two tenants in the building it owns.

The Riverview Lanes lease, covering two years with the firm’s new owner, Scott Elmore, calls for $480 lease payments each month from May through September and $675 a month from October through April. The higher price is during the months that league play is most active.

Elmore took over the operation in December after spending several weeks getting the place cleaned up and the equipment operable. The bowling alley had been closed since August.

The Melody Restaurant lease has been extended for three years.

The lease requires a payment of $800 a month, plus another $102.72 a month for the 12.84-percent leasehold tax.

The new lease is essentially an extension of the lease currently in effect.