NOTE 23. LEASES

We rent certain real estate and equipment. Several leases include options for renewal or purchase, and contain clauses for payment of real estate taxes and insurance. In most cases, management expects that in the normal course of business, leases will be renewed or replaced by other leases. Rent expense was $6.7 million in 2017, $5.2 million in 2016 and $5.2 million in 2015.

Future minimum payments at December 31, 2017 by year and in the aggregate, having non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year are as follows:

	Total Minimum Lease Payments
Scheduled minimum lease payments
2018	$	2.4
2019		2.2
2020		1.8
2021		1.5
2022		1.1
Thereafter		4.3
Total	$	13.3