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Weighing in West Shore Parks and Recreation Society looks into switching to majority-rules model Kyle Wells News staff
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Colwood resident Scott Lehr works out at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre. The governance model for the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society, which manages the centre, is in question after a report was released suggesting a switch to majority rules.
Questions over the governance model for the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society are bringing up some old tensions and concerns from member municipalities. On June 13, a report requested from barrister and solicitor Christopher Nation was presented to the society’s board of directors. In the report, Nation recommends decisions related to budget and capital expenditures be changed from a unanimous vote to majority rules, weighted toward the financial input of voting members. The concern has been that smaller municipalities con- Inside tribute a minority of the funding but can veto projects from going ahead. The recent expansion of the weight room and fitness ■ Langford mayor studio, for instance, only went ahead because of an says taxpayers will unwritten side deal with Metchosin and Highlands. If the inevitably decide weight room were to lose money, those two municipali- what’s best for the ties would be exempted from helping cover the loss. municipality Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton agrees with the report’s Page A6 recommendations and thinks the agreement needs to be changed to majority rules. ■ Who pays what She is in the process of arranging a meeting between co- on the West Shore owners of West Shore Park and Recreation, represented Parks and Recreation by mayors and the Capitol Regional District representa- Society tive. Page A6 “I think we have a really unique situation here and for the most part it’s always worked well,” Hamilton said. “Let’s work on what’s not-working and fix it, as opposed to tossing things out.” Metchosin Mayor John Ranns disagrees with where attention is being focused. He described the governance debate as a “smokescreen” that prevents the board and owners from tackling the real issues. As the veto has hardly been used, he doesn’t see what the concern is. PLEASE SEE: Langford has no current plan to reexamine relationship, Page A6
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