Guthrie Baseball Association asks trustees for short- and long-term field access as season looms

Daniel Short, a board member with the Guthrie Baseball Association, told trustees the league has been displaced from its long-time field and is seeking a short-term and potentially long-term arrangement for games and practice. He said roughly 170 children are signed up and that spring season begins April 20 with a five-week schedule.

Trustees and volunteers discussed practical constraints: limited parking near the proposed field, the need for porta-potties and insurance and potential overlap with workers' compensation for town-employed first responders who also play or coach. Short said his board had already started field improvements at a different site and was prepared to perform maintenance on a new site (baselines, dirt work, dugouts) if the town could accommodate games. Trustees suggested a special meeting with interested parties and asked Short to provide contracts or proof of insurance.

No formal permit or field-access agreement was adopted at the meeting; trustees agreed to continue the discussion at a special meeting to finalize logistics before the season start date.