Pool funding meeting

Bellevue Council will hold a special meeting this Saturday to decide how the borough will pay for a pool management company hired last month.

After committing to paying Swim America $85,000 to hire lifeguards and manage the operation of the Memorial Park swimming pool this summer, officials discovered that the money was not budgeted, and that they had been directed to a budget line item that reflected pool revenue rather than one authorizing the expenditure. That revenue goes into the borough's general fund and is spent throughout the budget.

The meeting on Saturday is expected to determine where in the budget officials can find the nearly $30,000 the borough needs to pay Swim America over and above what has been allotted for pool salaries. Solicitor Tom McDermott said that council can make minor modifications to the budget without going through the lengthier procedure of actually amending the budget ordinance.

The meeting was approved at council's April 27 meeting in a 5-4 vote, with Linda Woshner, James Viscusi, Susan Viscusi and Jane Braunlich opposed.


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