Wayne Select Board recommends Article 25 to create nonlapsing recreation account

The Town of Wayne Select Board voted to recommend Article 25 on June 2, asking that the article be placed before the town meeting to create a nonlapsing account for funds tied to the town’s recreation account.

The article, as read at the meeting, would designate the balance held in the town deposit account number 25542 at Winthrop Area Federal Credit Union as a nonlapsing reserve for the recreation program and give the Select Board continuing authority to spend from that account for capital improvements and recreation program purposes until rescinded by a subsequent town meeting.

Select Board members discussed the wording and then moved to recommend the article. “I'll move we accept Article 25 as written,” said Select Board member (speaker 2). No further discussion was recorded; the Select Board recommended the article by voice vote. Chairman Trent Emery was noted absent from the meeting.

The transcript did not specify an exact, unambiguous dollar amount to be transferred into the account; the text read as a balance figure but was unclear in the recording. The account number named in the motion was 25542 at Winthrop Area Federal Credit Union, and the article text directed that interest and deposits to that account be added to the nonlapsing reserve.

No public commenters spoke on the article during the meeting, and no amendments or conditions were attached to the Select Board’s recommendation. The recommendation simply forwards Article 25 to the town meeting for final action.

If Town Meeting approves Article 25, the Select Board would retain authority to spend funds from the designated nonlapsing account for the stated recreation purposes until a future town meeting rescinds that authority. The meeting record did not include an implementation timeline, estimated project costs, or a breakdown of planned capital improvements.