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Local resident offers to serve as volunteer parks director; trustees and commenters weigh legal and compensation questions
Summary
Dan Mars proposed serving as a volunteer parks director, offering to form a five-member advisory committee and raise funds; public commenters backed the idea but raised legal and compensation questions, including a suggestion to pay $1 per month so volunteers could be covered by workers' compensation.
During the March 16 meeting resident Dan Mars introduced himself as a meeting guest and proposed serving as a volunteer parks director for Brimfield Township. Mars said his goals would include forming a five-member volunteer advisory committee and raising funds for activities sponsored by township parks.
Public commenter Bill Anderson said he agreed with Dan Mars, raised concerns about the board’s public-comment timing and suggested compensating Mars at $1 per month so the township could cover him under workers' compensation. Charles Prathers commended Mars for trying to take action on parks but said he had concerns about the legalities of a volunteer parks director arrangement.
Trustees recorded no formal motion at the meeting to appoint a parks director or to set compensation; the record shows the parks proposal and public comments were entered into the minutes for consideration.
The trustees did approve related items—fertilization of Town Center Fields and a rental fee—during the administrative portion of the meeting, but no formal vote was recorded on creating a parks-director volunteer position at this session.
