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Angleton board tables natatorium hours, asks staff for detailed lifeguard cost analysis
Summary
City staff outlined six options to reduce lifeguard costs and adjust pool hours — including delaying opening by one hour and shortening peak season — but the board requested clearer math and user input and voted to table the item until staff returns with corrected figures.
City staff presented detailed options on Dec. 16 to rebalance hours and lifeguard coverage at the Angleton Recreation Center’s natatorium, saying safety requirements and visibility issues have driven a proposal to increase lifeguard staffing and then mitigate cost through schedule changes.
Jason O’Meara, presenting staff analysis, told the Angleton Better Living Corporation that visual blind spots caused by the existing play structure and pool walls require increased coverage and that lifeguards operate under a 20:10 rule—"20 seconds to survey their area, or 10 seconds to survey and 20 seconds to respond"—which informed the staffing model. He said the department asked to budget for five guards on shift (four on stand plus one…
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