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Hinsdale reports profitable pool season, opens bids for children's activity pool
Summary
Parks staff reported strong 2025 pool revenues aided by neighboring-pool outages, passed along that four bids were opened for a children's activity pool and said Williams will evaluate bids before trustee consideration; staff also noted an ongoing IDPH permitting review.
Parks staff on July 14 presented the 2025 aquatics report, saying the pool experienced increased memberships and programming this season and returned operating surpluses to the village general fund. Staff credited higher membership and a third-party concession vendor for revenue gains and said the pool saw a spike in lessons and a new "fluid running" fitness class for adults.
"For the 2025 season, staff saw an increase in swim lessons... and a significant increase in the new class that we offered," staff said. The report noted higher staffing and utility expenses tied to reduced shutdown time and to work required to address a leak at the baby pool.
Staff also said bids for the children's activity pool were opened earlier that day and that Williams, the village consultant, will evaluate the four bids and present a recommendation to the trustees. The projected timeline is a trustee first read followed by a second read in August; staff emphasized that Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) permitting is underway and that permitting timelines will influence the schedule. "There were four bidders," staff said. "Williams will do their due diligence to evaluate all those bids and then they'll provide a recommendation."
Staff described an implementation timeline that would allow fall construction to begin and a hoped-for reopening in May of the following year, subject to permit approvals and trustee action. Commission members asked how bid prices compared to expectations; staff said Williams must complete the review because IDPH certification and other technical requirements affect what counts as an apples-to-apples bid.
The aquatics report also detailed operational improvements and maintenance: staff replaced unreliable flow meters, upgraded signage for lane lines to reduce recreational interference with lap swimmers, purchased new lounge chairs and reported recruiting and training seasonal staff earlier in the year. Staff said the baby pool leak increased repair and utility costs and that the village is budgeting conservatively for 2026 given neighbor-pool reopenings.
Staff concluded the report by noting survey results showing frequent family visits and interest in membership perks; they also flagged a small typographical error in the report that mislabeled a demographic line ("family in blue" should have read "seniors").
