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Council debates how to ask voters about pool funding as officials seek clearer cost estimates

Crookston City Council · February 18, 2026
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Summary

Councilmembers debated whether to put a pool bond on the ballot and how to collect firmer cost estimates, with staff saying ballot language must be specific to bonding and the park board or a community‑led process should gather public preferences and updated cost details.

Councilmembers discussed options for addressing the long‑running issue of the Crookston pool, focusing on what a ballot question could legally ask, when the city would need to commit to a plan and how the city should gather clearer cost estimates before asking voters to fund repairs or replacement.

Staff advised that a ballot question must be specific about a bond or levy (not a generic opinion question), and that the council would need to be in…

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