Council asks staff for pool cost examples as rehabilitation vs. replacement trade-offs discussed
Council and staff debated whether to continue patching the town pool or invest in a more substantial rehab; staff cited a shotcrete rehab estimate near $250,000 as a 20‑year fix and said full replacement could be substantially higher. Council asked for cost comparisons from similar towns.
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The council and staff discussed the long-term future of Slater's municipal pool, weighing continued patching and spot repairs against a larger shotcrete rehabilitation or full replacement. A public-works speaker relayed a contractor estimate that shotcrete and related repairs could cost on the order of $250,000 and might extend the pool life for about 20 years; full replacement with new bathhouse and plumbing was discussed as an order-of-magnitude larger project.
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