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Washington City Council sets fees for new pool
The renovated city pool is close to opening. So close, the City Council decided on the fees for the new pool during its Monday meeting.
The pool, delayed in construction due to weather, is set for an opening date around the first week of August.
“We are a few weeks away from opening it,” Mayor Larry Haag said. “Mother Nature has decided to finally cooperate with us.”
And with the opening coming, the council decided to nail down some of its last requirements, pricing.
The council unanimously voted to set ticket prices at $2 per student, $3 per adult for a single pool admission. To use the slide, an additional dollar would be charged.
Haag said the reason for the slide fee is for a bracelet swimmers would have to wear to be allowed onto the slide.
“The main reason for (the slide bracelet) is to maintain the 48-inch height requirement for the slide,” Haag said.
Although no season tickets will be sold this year, the council set prices for next season. For the summer, students would pay $30 while adults would be charged $40. An entire family will pay $60 for the season.
Instead of separate fees for parties at the old pool, the new pool will charge $100 per hour for parties.
The council suspended the usual two readings of the ordinance and passed the rate structure 6-0. Council member Joe Fleck was absent due to a work commitment.
In other business:
GRANT HEARING
Greg Jones with the Southern Indiana Development Commission held a public hearing for a community development block grant for downtown. The disaster recovery grant is for $500,000 to renovate downtown. Haag said the city is looking toward sidewalk replacement with the grant funds.
“Basically, we are looking to clean up the Main Street area,” Haag said. “We are looking at doable projects.”
Several business owners spoke up in favor of the proposed idea.
REAL ESTATE
The council, and later the Board of Public Works and Safety, approved the appraisal of approximately 40 acres of land near the old Hoosier Magnetics plant.
The land, if bought, would be used for wetlands in the new sewer project. The board approved appraisers Vic Hopkins and Kim Murray to appraise the property. They are to return their findings to the council within 30 days.
VICIOUS DOG ORDINANCE
Due to a situation two weeks ago, Animal Control Superintendent Mike Babrick requested the council to amend its vicious dog ordinance.
He saw two children walking a dog that could be considered vicious on a street. When he talked to the mother, he found out the ordinance does not specify an adult has to walk the dog.
The ordinance would amend that a person over 18 has to walk the dog and also strengthened the leash requirements.
The ordinance will be up for adoption at the next council meeting.
HANDICAP SPACE
The council and later Public Works, approved the addition of a handicapped parking space in front of the VFW post on 3 E. Main St.
WAMW News Director Taylor Brown, also a VFW trustee, said the space would help those with walkers and wheelchairs enter the building. He said the club will be decreasing one of its handicapped spots on the west side of the building for general parking.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
The council allowed Haag to issue an executive order allowing him to update the city’s Capital Improvement Plan. The plan, formed four years ago, was out of date, Haag said. The state will not allow a city to collect Economic Development Income Tax dollars if their plan is outdated.
On the plan included an overview of existing and planned economic development projects in the city.
NEW CLARIFIER
The council allowed Wastewater Superintendent Scott Rainey to advertise bids for a new clarifier at the wastewater plant. The present clarifier is overdue for repair, Rainey said.
Bids should be sent and opened for the clarifier in September.
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