Parks Committee asks staff to pursue longer agreement and equipment transfer in Rothschild–Schofield joint‑use talks with Weston pool

The Parks Committee voted Sept. 22 to direct staff to continue exploring a joint‑use agreement under which the Rothschild and Schofield communities would help fund access to the Village of Weston aquatic center and their residents would be treated as Weston residents for pass pricing.

The committee’s action follows staff presentation of a preliminary framework that would have Rothschild and Schofield pay an annual stipend calculated at $3 per capita based on census population, with the stipend increasing annually by the U.S. Department of Labor series for recreation commodities but capped at 3 percent. Under the draft framework, ownership and…