South DaCola

Clearing up the Drake Springs Pool expenditure debate

I recently asked a city councilor for the following information which they got from the Parks and Rec department.

 

I questioned if the full $4.7 million was spent on Drake Springs per the ballot language. Seems so. I was told by this councilor that the shades will not be installed until next year (they are purchased and in storage though). And the original plan was to have 6 lanes instead of 4 in the main pool. It had to be scaled back because of funding (which equates to me, and I am speculating, the contractor scaled it back to ensure a profit).

The only other thing I question in the spreadsheet is the expenditures for the old site. As far as I am concerned that should be sucked up into the Parks and Rec Budget, not sure how it got shifted over into building a new pool.

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