City Moves Forward With Pool Repairs
Author: Eliza McLaughlin, Staff Reporter
City Moves Forward With Pool Repairs Eliza McLaughlin, Staff Reporter During its Dec. 6 meeting, Townsend City Council members agreed to move forward with receiving an estimate for the costs associated with restoring the city pool to working order.
After Tim Rauser, public works supervisor, told the council that the previously discovered leaking pipe should be a simple fix, the council questioned whether the city should fix other portions of the system.
“Where’s it going to break next,” councilman Matt West said in regard to the pool’s piping system. West also brought up replacing the pool’s liner, which has faded and chipped over time.
The city was also informed that the pump house has crumbling bricks.
Councilwoman Angie Wintrow added that the decking should be repaired. “I’m surprised we haven’t had children getting hurt,” she said.
Mayor Mike Evans said that replacing the pool liner was at the top of his priority list. Councilwoman Christina Hartmann countered that safety should be the first project. “Obviously, if it’s not safe, the liner doesn’t matter,” Hartmann said. “If you don’t have a safe deck or a safe building, it doesn’t matter about the liner”.
Rauser suggested that the city have an engineer look at the property before moving forward with any projects.
Hartmann also said she’d like to see the splash pool operational again. However, the pool does not have a pump to circulate the water. Rauser clarified that the splash pool has been closed since the ‘70s and if it became operational, the city would need a second lifeguard to monitor that space.
