Sink or swim

New pool option to be presented

The choice between having a public pool available for residents next summer or not, balanced with the appropriate budget for a facility that is open less than one-third of the year, had members of the Parks Advisory Board considering how to make a splash without wiping out.

“In 2022 Certificates of Obligation were issued for $5.3 million and at the time that was the maximum amount the council wanted to issue without affecting the debt rate,” said Parks Director Tyler Bybee of the budget he was allotted for a new pool. “Even though we might’ve wanted more, that’s what we were given.”