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University Heights council approves emergency pool repairs after equipment estimate balloons
Summary
After finding the city’s pool equipment replacement would cost far more than budgeted, the council approved a $169,418.88 contract for boilers and sand-filter tanks and a small masonry contract to allow installation, waiving competitive bidding to avoid delaying the pool season.
Councilors voted April 6 to authorize emergency spending to replace key mechanical systems at the municipal swimming pool after staff reported a substantially higher installation estimate than city budgeted.
Service Director Pennington told the council the sand-filter tanks are delayed about one month but said "if they are delivered with the one month delay that we're expecting, we still will be able to get the pool open on time." He later explained the installation estimate came in far above the placeholder used in the budget and acknowledged the shortfall: "I was way off on... I am not a pool expert by any means,"…
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