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Commission recommends closing Wilson Pool
The Parks and Recreation Commission voted to recommend that city council close the Wilson pool, but try to save the North End Pool.
“I think we all agree Wilson can’t be saved,” said Bill Wilks, a commission member.
The commission met Tuesday, May 6, after the city received a report Friday from the Ohio Department of Health about the conditions of its two remaining pools.
The commission concurred with the report’s recommendation that the city keep the Wilson Pool closed. The report also said that the city needs to replace the concrete deck surrounding the North End pool and create a plan to bring other hazards to compliance by year’s end.
Parks and Recreation Director Bob Harris said that a new concrete deck is estimated to cost about $145,000. The pool fund only has $147,000 for its 2008 operations.
The commission voted to research if a patch of the deck would be sufficient to allow the pools to be open and to look at offering busing service to the pool if a patch can be effective.
“We have an obligation to at least open a pool,” Wilks said.
The recommendations will have to be voted on by city council to be enacted.
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