City should be able to reopen pool without loans
NORWICH – In another twist of events for the Kurt Beyer Pool, the City Council resolved to accept grant funds and approve a bid to move forward with renovations at Tuesday night’s Common Council meeting and are now optimistic that work can be done without acquiring additional loans.
Donations made by The Greater Norwich Foundation, The RC Smith Foundation and the Roger Follett Foundation in the amounts of $40,000 each are allowing city officials to progress with renovations without the need to acquire more debt. According to City Finance Director William Roberts, other residual funds may also be available to the city by way of a State Parks Commission Grant attained nearly ten years ago. Though the certainty of these additional funds will not be known until May, he said, state grant representatives and city officials are very optimistic.
“We owe a big thank you to the RC Smith Foundations, Roger Follett Foundation and Greater Norwich Foundation for being community minded,” said Mayor Joseph Maiurano at Tuesday night’s meeting. “It really helps a lot to keep that pool open.”
The Kurt Beyer Pool saga has been ongoing since last summer, when city officials announced the pool would be closed for the season. Renovations came with a hefty price tag of $251,845. Initially, city officials sought a grant through the New York State Environmental Protection Fund to pay for repairs, which was ultimately denied them in December. The need for electrical work, a new filtration system and sealant around the pool kept swimmers out of the water all summer and despite the original hope of having the pool reopen this June, the lack of city funds posed a looming threat that the pool would remain closed for another year.
Community efforts to reopen the pool became apparent in January. Area residents banded together to organize a pool fundraiser, which will still take place at the Norwich Fire Station on April 21. A new committee of nine people by the name of “Parks Helping Hands” has volunteered to not only raise money for the pool this year, but aims to make the Kurt Beyer fundraiser an annual event.
“This is something we plan to do every year,” said Jacki Glenn, fundraising coordinator for Parks Helping Hands at a Parks Commission meeting on Feb. 13. “It’s great that there’s a lot of community involvement ... I don’t think we can raise everything needed, but I think we can make a small dent.”
Future discussions of user fees at the pool are still pending as city officials work with the city Parks Commission. Implementing user fees may help prevent similar financial circumstances further down the road, the commission agreed. Any money attained by a pool user fee would be earmarked for future pool maintenance. It’s still being examined whether or not a fee would have a significant impact on attendance.
Donations made by The Greater Norwich Foundation, The RC Smith Foundation and the Roger Follett Foundation in the amounts of $40,000 each are allowing city officials to progress with renovations without the need to acquire more debt. According to City Finance Director William Roberts, other residual funds may also be available to the city by way of a State Parks Commission Grant attained nearly ten years ago. Though the certainty of these additional funds will not be known until May, he said, state grant representatives and city officials are very optimistic.
“We owe a big thank you to the RC Smith Foundations, Roger Follett Foundation and Greater Norwich Foundation for being community minded,” said Mayor Joseph Maiurano at Tuesday night’s meeting. “It really helps a lot to keep that pool open.”
The Kurt Beyer Pool saga has been ongoing since last summer, when city officials announced the pool would be closed for the season. Renovations came with a hefty price tag of $251,845. Initially, city officials sought a grant through the New York State Environmental Protection Fund to pay for repairs, which was ultimately denied them in December. The need for electrical work, a new filtration system and sealant around the pool kept swimmers out of the water all summer and despite the original hope of having the pool reopen this June, the lack of city funds posed a looming threat that the pool would remain closed for another year.
Community efforts to reopen the pool became apparent in January. Area residents banded together to organize a pool fundraiser, which will still take place at the Norwich Fire Station on April 21. A new committee of nine people by the name of “Parks Helping Hands” has volunteered to not only raise money for the pool this year, but aims to make the Kurt Beyer fundraiser an annual event.
“This is something we plan to do every year,” said Jacki Glenn, fundraising coordinator for Parks Helping Hands at a Parks Commission meeting on Feb. 13. “It’s great that there’s a lot of community involvement ... I don’t think we can raise everything needed, but I think we can make a small dent.”
Future discussions of user fees at the pool are still pending as city officials work with the city Parks Commission. Implementing user fees may help prevent similar financial circumstances further down the road, the commission agreed. Any money attained by a pool user fee would be earmarked for future pool maintenance. It’s still being examined whether or not a fee would have a significant impact on attendance.
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