The chairman of the Renwick Community Hall committee would welcome Marlborough District Council and the Education Ministry dissolving the committee.
James Cresswell said he favoured the action so progress could be made on deciding if the hall should be transferred to Renwick School.
"They've got to do it."
Nothing could be done until the members of the committee were elected properly, he said.
Earlier Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman told the Express the council and ministry would be prepared to take the action if the existing committee could not agree on who should represent the hall.
Council lawyer Peter Radich said the community representatives on the committee were not elected properly, but community representative Rata Harper believed otherwise.
There was no problem with the other members representing the Renwick RSA and the Renwick School board, he said.
The committee was trying to decide whether the hall should be transferred to the ministry, but was split over the move. Mr Cresswell said the publicity around the hall was not good, and that it needed money spent on it for maintenance and upgrades.
"It's basically a school hall now. They're the main users and they should pay their way," he said. Members of the community were afraid if the hall ownership was transferred they would lose the use of it.
- The Marlborough Express
SIMON WONG
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