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Council hears split over Nova South pool agreement as staff warns of operating losses
Summary
Council discussed a proposed memorandum of agreement with swim club Nova South that would extend pool use outside normal hours. Recreation staff warned the City would lose roughly $1,162.80 per week under the current lane-rental terms and requested $18,720 to hire a temporary aquatics specialist to cover four months of expanded service.
The City Council reviewed a proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Nova South seeking expanded exclusive lane time at the Hopewell Community Center pool, and staff warned the schedule requested would cost the city more to operate than it would bring in.
The recreation director, identified in the meeting as Miss Martinez, told council the current lane rate in the MOA is $11 per lane per hour and that, under the club’s original request to use five lanes outside normal hours, the city would lose about $1,162.80 per week because the City generates roughly $396 in lane rental revenue for those sessions.…
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