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YMCA reports higher 2024 pool attendance; three-year contract with YMCA ends in 2025
Summary
Committee received the YMCA's 2024 swim-season attendance report showing higher attendance (14,288) and increased season-pass sales (848); staff highlighted staffing challenges, contract timing, and that contract cost and season-pass price will be provided later.
City staff presented the YMCA's 2024 swim-season year-end attendance report, reporting 14,288 total attendees and 848 season passes sold, figures higher than the previous year.
Staff said the city is in year three of a three-year contract with the YMCA and that 2025 is the final year of the current contract. The contract was last put out to bid when only one bidder responded; staff said they expect to put the contract out to bid again at the end of 2025 or the start of 2026.
Staff described staffing as the program’s main operational challenge. They said seasonal operations run roughly two and a half months (about 60 days), and recruiting typically begins in January so staff are in place before season-pass sales start around April 30. The committee discussed that attendance typically drops after early August as families and students return to school.
The staff presentation did not include the exact contracted city cost for the pool operation or the YMCA’s season-pass price; staff said they would provide those figures later. A committee member asked whether the contract cost was known; staff replied it was not available at the meeting but would be supplied with the report.
No formal action was recorded; the item was presented as an informational report.
