Plymouth board approves contract with Dirago Theater Company after insurance, termination language changed

The Plymouth Joint School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Dirago Theater Company after staff and the board removed a termination-for-lack-of-space clause and adjusted insurance language.

The contract had been revised following the board's request for legal review. Dina, the district superintendent, told the board the line allowing automatic termination “upon written notice to Dirago” if the district could not provide required space was removed. She also said district-insurance language was changed; an earlier line that the district ‘‘shall be named as an additional insured’’ was removed from the draft presented to the board.

Board discussion at the meeting focused on the edits made after the district attorney reviewed the agreement. Dina said Scott had taken the contract to the attorney and the recommended edits were incorporated. No other substantive changes were reported by staff. A board member moved to consider approval of the contract and a second was obtained; the motion carried.

The board did not record the mover or seconder by name in the transcript and did not state detailed vote tallies on the record beyond unanimous verbal assent. The board did not discuss performance expectations, financial terms, or the duration of the contract during the public discussion recorded in the transcript.

Board action notes that were recorded: the termination-for-lack-of-space clause was deleted and the insurance coverage sentence was revised. The district’s superintendent presented the changes and the board approved the contract.