Tooele City amends aquatic center fee schedule to add tiered competitive swim pricing and include pool access for age-group members

The Tooele City Council approved changes to the Pratt Aquatic Center fee schedule (Resolution 2025-97) to establish tiered pricing for the age-group competitive swim program and to include open-swim access during paid times for age-group annual members.

Parks and Recreation Director Darwin Cook told the council the program has grown from roughly 40–45 participants two years ago to approaching 100 now and that the department aligned the fee structure with USA Swimming’s skill-based tiers. During presentation and Q&A, Cook described the proposed resident monthly rates as approximately bronze $30, silver $35 and gold $40; proposed nonresident monthly rates were described as bronze $35, silver $40 and gold $45. Councilmembers debated whether the age-group membership should automatically include an annual facility pass; the council added language so that those who pay the age-group annual membership would have pool entrance during the times covered by the membership.

Council members raised capacity and fairness concerns — for example, that school swim teams or competitive practice blocks can limit public access during peak hours — and noted the program’s staffing and travel costs are offset in part by the fees. The measure passed 5–0.

Several numeric items referenced in the discussion (previous monthly and annual rates and some annual conversions mentioned in the transcript) contained transcription errors; where figures were unclear in the record, they are reported here as "not specified" and should be verified with city staff or the adopted fee schedule.