Chester council awards 2025 municipal pool operations contract to US Pools of Pennsylvania for up to $106,180

On April 1, the City of Chester council voted to award the municipal pool operations and management contract for the 2025 season to USA Management LLC, operating as US Pools of Pennsylvania, in an amount not to exceed $106,180.

The council approved a resolution that referenced RFP No. 2025-003, with responses due Feb. 14, 2025. As read into the record, the resolution states the award is “contingent upon final review and approval of the city solicitor.” The council moved and seconded the resolution and recorded affirmative votes during roll call.

Why it matters: council members said the expedited timetable was necessary to contract an operator in time to open the pool for the holiday season. Council members discussed the goal of opening the pool on Memorial Day and keeping it open, initially on weekends, through the period when school dismisses around Juneteenth.

Details from the meeting record show the RFP number and the contract ceiling. The councilor or staff member who read the resolution identified the procurement as the result of a sealed-quote process; the reading said the sealed quotes were tabulated “with no discrepancies found.” The resolution text on the record named USA Management LLC, otherwise known as US Pools of Pennsylvania, and specified the not-to-exceed amount of $106,180 for the 2025 season.

The motion and second were entered on the record; the roll-call responses recorded in the meeting transcript show affirmative responses from Councilor Gibson, Councilor Green, Councilor West, Councilor Davis and Mayor Ruth. The resolution also included the explicit contingency that the contract requires final legal review by the city solicitor before it is executed.

Next steps: the award is contingent on the city solicitor’s review and approval of a formal contract, after which staff will proceed with executing the agreement and finalizing operational details with the contractor so the pool may open on the timeline discussed by council.

Votes at a glance: the meeting transcript records affirmative roll-call responses for the award by Councilor Gibson, Councilor Green, Councilor West, Councilor Davis and Mayor Ruth; the mover and seconder were not specified on the public record excerpt.