The proposed sale of the City of Butler Parks Recreation Grounds and Facilities Authority’s share of the Butler BlueSox will not be voted on at the Prospect League board meeting this weekend.

David Chase, the league’s commissioner, said the Nonprofit Development Corporation of Butler this week submitted an application to buy the stake, but said it likely will not be voted on when team representatives meet in Indianapolis today and Saturday.

“At this point, it’s not on our agenda,” Chase said Thursday, but added there still could be some discussion of the sale.

The authority announced a deal Dec. 12 to sell its 40 percent stake in the team to the development corporation for $40,000.

Under the proposed agreement, the development corporation also would manage Kelly Automotive Park, formerly Pullman Park.

For the deal to be finalized, it must be approved by a majority of the league’s board, which is composed of one representative from each of the league’s 11 teams.

Chase said the transaction likely would be voted on in a conference call before the next board meeting in April, but he did not offer a more specific time.

“There’s still a process, such as background checks, that has to be done before the board can vote,” Chase said. “That takes some time.”

The majority ownership group, which holds a 60 percent stake in the team, opposes the deal, claiming a 2009 agreement gives it the first right to any shares up for sale.

Ed Codi, chairman of the facilities authority, has since stated the authority will not sell its stake to the majority group, and will maintain ownership of the team if the deal is rejected.

Chase said William “Wink” Robinson, one of the five majority owners of the BlueSox, has spoken with him about the issues he has with the authority’s proposed deal.

Robinson is the BlueSox representative on the Prospect League board, but said he will abstain on a sale vote.

Robinson said he has not spoken recently with the league and did not know how much of the deal would be discussed at this weekend’s meeting, but said it would not be unusual for the league to vote through a conference call.

“Typically whenever there’s a transfer of ownership, it’s done by conference call,” he said. “And that’s due to timing.”

The Prospect League board meets four times a year.

Chase said he also has had brief talks with Mike Robb, executive director of the development corporation, in the past, mostly concerning information on the application process.

Robb said earlier this week that the development corporation hopes that the deal will be approved soon.

“We just have to wait and see what happens,” he said.

The BlueSox team of college players is set to play 30 games at Kelly Automotive Park this season.