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Residents press Saint Mary's council for transparency and options after community pool closure
Summary
Residents urged the city to re-check a feasibility study and to consider short-term repairs, engineering tests and fundraising after officials closed the 60-year-old community pool citing structural issues; technical volunteers offered inspection proposals and residents proposed grassroots fundraising and grant-seeking.
Residents packed the public comment portion of the Dec. 15 Saint Mary's City Council meeting to challenge the process and numbers that led to the citys decision to close the community pool and to press for alternatives that might allow swimming next summer.
Molly Redinger, who said she had collected documents from the Saint Mary's Library, told the council she had found the pools 2025 tax support listed as $30,762 and challenged widely circulated figures such as a $400,000 annual operating cost and a study citation that the pool lost “2 inches of water daily.” She said documents and public access to the feasibility study were difficult to obtain and requested clearer communication and transparency (SEG 542–622).
City staff and the city manager responded that the feasibility study — performed by aquatic specialists — reported substantial water loss, rust and corrosion on…
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