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Jersey City council votes to end most municipal pool fees, citing equity and access
Summary
After months of debate and nearly 30 public speakers, the Jersey City Municipal Council adopted ordinance 25-011 to eliminate summer pool fees for residents and to remove most adult fees collected year-round, with supporters citing equity and safety.
The Jersey City Municipal Council on Wednesday adopted ordinance 25-011 to remove municipal pool fees, making resident access free during the summer and ending most adult daily charges, council members said.
Supporters said the change reverses a brief experiment in user fees that caused lines and discouraged low-income residents from using public pools. Councilperson Frank Gilmore and Councilperson James Solomon cosponsored the measure and led a push to restore more open access.
The ordinance drew a long public-comment period. Lanisha Trent, a Ward F constituent service liaison, told the council the fees were “a financial burden on some” and said the city had collected about $50,000 in pool fees, which she described as “a drop in the bucket” compared with the city’s overall budget.…
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