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Tecumseh board votes to demolish community pool, forms exploratory committee to study replacement
Summary
The Tecumseh Board of Education on a majority vote approved “option 2” to demolish the Community Memorial Pool and begin design and permitting steps while creating a superintendent-led exploratory committee to engage residents on replacement options and funding.
By a roll-call vote, the Tecumseh Board of Education approved a plan to proceed with demolition of the Tecumseh Community Memorial Pool while staff begin design, permitting and procurement steps to determine replacement options.
Superintendent Mr. Hilton and facilities presenter Josh Madison told trustees that engineering assessments by Magnus Engineering documented extensive laminar corrosion in the roof structure and primary steel members supporting the pool building, increasing the risk of partial or progressive collapse over time. Madison said the district presented three options: (1) selective demolition and rebuild, estimated at about $15,000,000; (2) demolition only, with current high-level estimates around $2,300,000 and a 12–18 month timeline for the initial phases; and (3) a new competition facility, estimated at about $28,000,000. "These are high-level estimates," Madison said, calling them based…
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