To the editor:

I commend Bath City Councilor Kyle Rogers for introducing the order at the last council meeting to have a board of directors manage the Bath Armory building. I thank councilors Brackett, Merrill, Rogers, Pagurko and Sinclair for voting to make it law.

However, on next week’s council agenda is an order to rescind the act that calls for creation of a board of directors for the Armory. I believe rescinding this would be counterproductive and should not happen.

Think of all of the money that has been spent on this building. It is only fair that that the Armory be managed properly as it is, after all, owned by the citizens of Bath.

A board of directors would do that, protecting the citizens of Bath’s investment.

What could possibly be the objection to having a board of directors manage the Armory, and why would a councilor bring this motion forth?

The Customs House has a board overseeing its management. It has worked well for years, and this is what should happen with the Armory building.

The old Y was put into the hands of the Bath Development Corporation, the Recreation Department and the skate park, and now it has to be demolished.

From what I have gathered at the meetings, the skate park is being run by emotion, and that is not any way to maintain a building. The skate park has been told that it would have a place in the Armory building, so what does the skate park have to lose?

The display of arrogance by Steve Balboni of the Recreation Department at the last meeting was uncalled for. This decision is one to be made by the council, not the Recreation Department.

I ask not just councilors Brackett, Merrill, Rogers, Pagurko and Sinclair, but all councilors to show that they can be fiscally responsible and vote against the order to rescind the order establishing an Armory building board of directors.

Jackie Dwinal

Bath