COVERT — The state Department of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation has signed a purchase agreement with Baden-Powell Council of the Boy Scouts of America to buy nearly 100 acres of Camp Barton in this Seneca County town.
The Binghamton-based Council decided to sell Camp Barton to pay its $1.4 million share of lawsuit settlements against BSA. The nationwide litigation is the result of sexual abuse of boys by Scout leaders.
The sale price and other details are being negotiated, according to Matthew Bull, CEO of Baden-Powell Council.
“Camp Barton has not been sold, but our Council has a signed purchase agreement with the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to buy it,” Bull reported. “The price is being negotiated, and we should be able to release that in a month or two.”
The Binghamton-based Council decided to sell Camp Barton to pay its $1.4 million share of lawsuit settlements against BSA. The nationwide litigation is the result of sexual abuse of boys by Scout leaders.
The sale price and other details are being negotiated, according to Matthew Bull, CEO of Baden-Powell Council.
“Camp Barton has not been sold, but our Council has a signed purchase agreement with the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to buy it,” Bull reported. “The price is being negotiated, and we should be able to release that in a month or two.”
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