{"id":5254,"date":"2022-07-14T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T19:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=5254"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T19:44:48","slug":"municipality-creates-a-pool-committee-but-gives-no-direction-on-what-theyre-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2022\/07\/14\/municipality-creates-a-pool-committee-but-gives-no-direction-on-what-theyre-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Municipality creates a pool committee but gives no direction on what they’re to do"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Milton Pool. Photo Ed Halverson<\/p><\/div>\n

The only concrete action taken at the latest Region of Queens council meeting was the decision to create a pool committee.<\/p>\n

Councillors Jack Fancy and Vicki Amirault will be joined by two members of the Queens Community Aquatic Society and two residents at large on the six-person panel.<\/p>\n

However, Mayor Darlene Norman says it still isn\u2019t clear what responsibilities the committee will have.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they\u2019re going to talk about? I don\u2019t know. Maybe they can discuss how to encourage more people to become lifeguards or other things, because they really have no authority to make decisions,\u201d said Norman. \u201cWe\u2019ll just see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The push to build a new pool gained steamed earlier this year when it was announced an anonymous donor was gifting $3 million towards its construction.<\/a><\/p>\n

Since then, some members of council and the Queens Community Aquatic Society have been pushing to tie the new pool to the development of a new library.<\/p>\n

The mayor says municipal staff time is at a premium right now and no one is available to sit on the committee and provide resources as they are already working on several other major projects in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur engineering and our CAO and our planner, they\u2019re very involved with the building of the new Queens Manor, highly involved with that. We\u2019ve got some major street work going on,\u201d said Norman. \u201cWe\u2019re, like many municipal units, we\u2019re struggling with our staff shortage numbers. We don\u2019t have enough labourers in our engineering department.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norman says staff is fully prepared to take the on the development of a new pool in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt which time they will consult with the community about an outdoor pool, location, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

The committee is expected to meet in early October and Norman says council will attempt to determine what the committee\u2019s function will be before that first meeting.<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>
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