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Board weighs repairs and replacement costs as questions grow over elementary swim program
Summary
Board members heard detailed equipment and cost reports on the district pool — including filter, pool-pack and lift estimates — and agreed to gather firmer quotes and a community survey before deciding whether to continue or invest heavily in the facility.
Scott Butcher added an unscheduled discussion of the district swimming pool to the July 15 work session, saying recent outages and maintenance problems required board attention.
The director (speaker S2) reviewed a chain of equipment issues. He said a cracked chlorinator bucket left the pool operating at minimal capacity after a recent power outage and that the automatic water-leveler was not reliably working. On replacement options for the filter system he said, "If you rebuild all the fingers ... it could last 2 to 5 years. That $14,000, but he says it really needs to be replaced, and that's ... that's a $106,000." The director added that a recent clean cost about $8,000 but was not recommended as a long-term fix.
The board heard a range of quoted repair and replacement estimates: the diving board would cost approximately $7,500 to refurbish or about $10,000 to replace; a pool-lift rebuild was quoted near $2,500 or about $17,000 for a new lift; the director said a full "pool pack" (the central mechanical unit) could cost in the low hundreds of thousands to replace, with rough low-end estimates discussed in the transcript near $750,000 to $1,000,000.
The director described recurring operational costs and staffing: lifeguard training and associated costs over the last two years were reported at about $34,000, and he provided a rough low-end annual operating figure near $166,000 to keep the elementary swim program running (the director characterized many figures as preliminary and requested firmer quotes).
Board members discussed funding sources and timing. One member asked whether available 2024 funds (previously budgeted for roofs and blacktop) could be redirected; the director said some items could be paid from those funds but that larger capital work would require decisions and firmer numbers. Several board members urged a community survey before committing to major expenditures; Scott Butcher and others asked staff to return with more precise estimates and a recommended path forward. No formal vote or commitment to replace major equipment was taken at the work session.
Board members agreed to seek clearer quotes and to bring community input into any major decision about the pool's future.
