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Wayne work session probes governance, oversight and insurance for Ladd Recreation Center
Summary
Select board and Ladd Recreation Center (LRC) board members debated whether the center should operate as a town department, an independent nonprofit or a hybrid operating arrangement; the session produced requests for clearer ordinance language, legal review, and clarification of insurance and supervisory roles.
Henry Stack, a member of the Town of Wayne Select Board, opened a 6:30 p.m. work session with the Ladd Recreation Center board and the town manager to review a draft ordinance aimed at defining the relationship between the town and the center.
Stack pressed the group to be explicit in the ordinance about whether LRC programs are a town department, an independent organization, or a hybrid arrangement. He said, "If the town is liable for this, it's run through the town," and asked that the draft clarify who hires and supervises the director and whether the town manager exercises the supervisory authority required under a town-department label.
Eric Stineford, chair of the LRC board, told the meeting the board has discussed three options and "doesn't think it…
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