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Workshop roundup: aquatic fee change, equipment purchases, playground replacement and emergency well repair sent to council
Summary
At the Jan. 6 council workshop, staff presented a parks fee amendment, several equipment purchases and a playground replacement and reported an emergency well repair; council voted to forward most items to the council packet for formal action and approved payment for the well repair.
The Washington City Council workshop on Jan. 6 advanced multiple departmental items to the full council packet and approved payment for an emergency well repair completed before the meeting.
Parks Department staff presented an amendment to aquatic complex fees, citing record pool attendance and rising costs for lifeguards and operations. Staff proposed increasing the daily admission from $7 to $8 and adjusting value cards accordingly (10-visit from $50 to $60; 20-visit from $100 to $120). The parks staff said some fees were omitted from the municipal code when the pool was built and presented a redline packet showing deletions and wording updates. The Parks and Recreation Commission supported the changes. Councilmember Patke moved, with a second from Holtmeyer, to send the…
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