BY JOE POTENTE

jpotente@kenoshanews.com

A six-month extension of a soon-to-expire casino pact will go before the Kenosha City Council and County Board later this month.

County Board Chairman Joe Clark said tonight the council will act Dec. 21 on an extension of the intergovernmental agreement between the city, county and the Menominee Nation, the tribe that is seeking development of a casino at Dairyland Greyhound Park.

The County Board would take up the extension Dec. 22, provided Clark receives the 15 supervisors’ signatures he needs to set a special meeting. The board’s Legislative Committee is set to review the agreement at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 in the county Administration Building, 1010 56th St.

The deal, approved in March 2005, is set to expire Dec. 31. It establishes how the Menominee would pay local governments for services, should the tribe receive approval to hold the land in tax-exempt tribal trust. In turn, the Menominee would make payments to the city and county based on the casino’s revenues.