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Council directs $325,014 appropriation to repair Hanford Plunge; debate on reserve balance and long‑term plan
Summary
City staff asked for $237,600 to fix critical and slide‑pool problems at the Hanford Plunge; council directed staff to appropriate $325,014 from the capital reserve, leaving roughly $100,000 in the plunge reserve and asking staff to return with mid‑cycle operating options and long‑term planning for an aquatic center.
City staff told the Hanford City Council on Sept. 16 that the Plunge, the city’s only public pool, experienced a late‑season closure in 2024 for circulation‑pump and slide‑pool repairs and that repairs and upgrades through a combined critical/mechanical/slide work program would cost about $425,014 in total.
Parks director Brad Albert told council the immediate need is to repair critical circulation piping (already in progress) and to complete slide‑pool and mechanical repairs required by state amusement‑ride inspectors; the total request brought to…
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