Council has appointed two representatives and is working toward re-establishing a management committee for the Alma Optimist Hall.
At the June 7 meeting, CAO Brad McRoberts explained in a report that the committee has not met for several years and representatives of the Alma Optimist Club have requested it be re-established.
McRoberts explained the township entered into a 20-year agreement with the Alma Optimist Club in 2008, two years before the facility was actually built, to establish a management committee to oversee operations of the Alma Community Hall.
The committee was to include three township representatives, including the public works director (non-voting) and at least one elected official, plus two representatives of the Alma community and four Optimists.
The staff report requested council identify the township’s voting representatives on the management committee for this council term.
Councillor Michael Martin asked why “the management committee dissolved, or weren’t meeting” and who the previous township representatives were.
Mayor Neil Driscoll explained he and councillor Dennis Craven were the previous appointees to the committee.
“I don’t think we need to change that. I just think the group really wants to get his going,” said Driscoll.
“As to why it kind of fell apart, there were just some issues that couldn’t be resolved and the committee felt there wasn’t any purpose in having further meetings.”
In response to another inquiry from Martin, Driscoll said the unresolved issues arose during the term of the previous Mapleton council.
Council passed a resolution appointing Driscoll and Craven to the hall management committee.
