The Northern Midlands Council has admitted it can not replicate funding for its municipality's three swimming pools in future and will use a strategy guided by community consultation to decide changes.
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The council will develop a swimming pool strategy plan and use a survey and three community consultations this month, run by consultancy firm Watershed Solutions, to gain insight into each town's perspective on their pool's future.
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In a release, the council said the main challenges it was facing were maintenance, compliance, and meeting needs and expectations.
"We are unable to continue to duplicate the significant funds required to cover the significant and ongoing costs of upkeep, maintenance, and improvements," it said.
"We acknowledge and respect that the communities of Cressy, Ross and Campbell Town all have different needs and aspirations regarding their swimming pools.
"To ensure that these needs and aspirations can be incorporated into our Swimming Pool Strategy, we have engaged ... Watershed Solutions to work with the communities ... to gain an insight into each communities perspective on the future of their local pool."
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It planned to dispose of the Ross Swimming Pool in May, before it backtracked on its decision in June after community pressure and decided on a strategy for all municipality pools instead.
The survey will be available on the council's website or via a letterbox drop from pool committees and must be returned to the council by 4.30pm, November 6.
The community consultations are at 6.30pm - 8pm on:
- October 19: Ross Town Hall
- October 22: Cressy Memorial Hall
- October 29: Campbell Town War Memorial Oval
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Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
