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Board ratifies parks manager hire; approves one-time kayak loan with liability waiver workup
Summary
The board ratified the contingent hire of Heather LeDuc as parks manager and approved a one-time loan of nine county-owned kayaks for a botanical program, directing staff to prepare a liability waiver and to consider a broader policy for equipment lending during the parks master plan process.
Delta County commissioners ratified the hiring of Heather LeDuc as parks manager and agreed to a one-time loan of nine county-owned kayaks for an upcoming botanical program, while directing staff to draft a liability waiver and to develop a policy for future equipment lending.
The parks hiring subcommittee recommended LeDuc after interviews; the board ratified the contingent offer of $55,000 and noted the hire will be retained on personnel files with a standard review of hiring steps. A commissioner said the parks commission’s hiring committee had recommended the candidate and the parks commission had signaled support.
Separately, the Parks and Recreation Commission recommended holding on to nine county-purchased kayaks until the county’s five-year recreation plan is complete, but an existing promise by a parks official to loan the equipment for a single botany program prompted the board to allow that one-time use. Prosecuting Attorney Lauren Wickman advised a signed waiver would be prudent; the administration said it would prepare a simple liability release for the borrower.
Commissioners said future requests to borrow parks equipment will be routed through the Parks and Recreation Commission as part of a more formal policy and the county will not open routine, unrestricted lending until a plan is in place.
