The Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen heard the T.U.R.F. organization’s pitch last night — but they remained skeptical of the proposal.

T.U.R.F bills itself on its website as a “charitable organization comprised of citizens of Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester who want to make the tri-town Community Athletic Complex at Old Rochester Regional High School safer and more effective."

The organization is looking to add two synthetic turf fields, two regular grass fields, a rebuilt track, a fieldhouse with bathrooms, a concession stand and press box and further spectator seating.

In the past, representatives from T.U.R.F. have pointed to the ORR athletic fields as being overused and dangerous for players. Recent lacrosse games have been held on Tabor Academy’s fields after torrential rains left the muddy fields impossible to play on.

One of the board’s biggest concerns about the project, was paying for it. T.U.R.F has proposed that each town foot $1.5 million of the overall $5 million bill for the project, with additional funding coming from fundraising.

Selectman Jordan Collyer said he “absolutely could not support” the town of Mattapoisett having to pay $1.5 as their share for the project. He and the other selectmen said that the onus for funding should be on the ORR School Committee.

“The school committee needs to come to us and say ‘we figured out a program and this is how it’s going to work,’” Selectman Tyler Macallister said. “I think it’s one hundred percent on the school committee to get it done.”

The board’s reasoning was that, despite the plan being billed as a community project for the tri-town, the fields would be on Old Rochester Regional’s property and the high school sports teams would get precedence for usage, not community youth or adult leagues.

The selectmen also asked for a deeper study into the potential revenue stream the fields would create, requesting that the organization looks into comparably-sized towns with complexes like the one they proposed.

“It’s all about the data,” Collyer said.