Image From left, President Henry Wojtaszek, Temporary Board Chair Dennis Bassett and VP/Operations Scott Kiedrowski at today's WROTB board meeting at Batavia Downs Gaming. Photo by Mike Pettinella.
While acknowledging the difference between private enterprises and not-for-profit businesses, the chairman of the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. board of directors on Thursday defended the awarding of $30,000 in bonuses to the public benefit company’s senior management team. At its January meeting, the board unanimously (by a 13-0 vote) passed a resolution to award
“Leadership matters” and that, according to the directors of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp., is why Richard Bianchi of Monroe County is continuing on as the public benefit company’s chairman of the board. “It’s my honor and pleasure to nominate (Bianchi) as chair because leadership matters,” said Director Dennis Bassett, who represents the City of Rochester, as he