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Belgrade board reviews and tables updated field-use agreement with local recreation group
Summary
Select Board debated changes to a long-standing field-use agreement with the group doing business as Kenneth Workman (registered as Belgrade Recreation Association Inc.), raising questions about perpetuity language, shared maintenance, insurance and indemnification; the board tabled the agreement for further edits and legal review.
Representatives for the organization that operates fields under the name Kenneth Workman (KWIS) told the board their legal name is Belgrade Recreation Association Incorporated and that the group completed internal transitions, including bank-account signovers. A representative said the group’s goal is to avoid an agreement that imposes indefinite perpetuity and to ensure the town and association have clear, mutual exit and indemnification provisions.
Town counsel and board members flagged multiple language issues — including whether the perpetuity clause reflects current maintenance practices, how mowing responsibilities are shared, and that indemnification language must cover all sports and events (not only baseball). The board voted to table the agreement and asked the parties to return a clean, edited version that resolves the perpetuity and indemnity language and clarifies seasonal-schedule timing.
