By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
It will cost patrons more to swim at the Nephi Municipal
Swimming Pool this season.
Nephi City Council members agreed to increase the rates
at the pool this season.
Last year it cost children $1.50 per session to swim and
this year the rate has increased by one quarter to $1.75 per
session. By the same token, the rate per session for adults
increased by 50-cents from $2.50 per session to $3.
"In the current fiscal year, just ending, the swimming
pool brought in less than 50 percent of the money needed to
operate," said Randy McKnight, city administrator.
Chad Brough, mayor, requested that McKnight, give an
overview of budget issues where the city-run swimming pool
was concerned prior to the council making the decision to
increase prices.
"The rates have been in effect the past two years," said
McKnight.
The council continued the tradition of allowing frequent
swimmers to purchase a book of tickets for children and a
season pass for all the youth of the community.
The 20-ticket book increased by $5 from $25 last year to
$30 this year. That means, that those who purchase the book,
will be given a rate break of 25-cents per session.
Season passes, by month of purchase, will now be $20,
$40, and $60. Last year the same pass, by month of purchase,
was $15, $30, or $45.
"For a few years now," said McKnight, "there has been a
swim team which participates in summer competitions. Members
of the team must practice many hours, and so, they are
charged a fee which includes a season pass."
Swim team members paid $80 last year and this year will
pay $95.
Last summer, it cost $60 per hour to rent the pool for up
to 100 people and $120 per hour for groups over 100. This
year, the fee has increased $75 per hour for up to 100
people and $150 per hour for over 100.
The pool will be available from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. for
rental groups. If a group wants the pool earlier or later
than those times, special advance arrangements will need to
be made.
This is done, said McKnight, so that the pool will be
open for the hours usually provided for swimmers.
Swimming lesson fees were also increased.
It will cost $5 more this season, at $30 per person, for
10 swimming lessons of 30 minutes each, than it did last
summer. Those taking 10 lessons of 45 minutes each, will now
pay $10 more than last season, at $40 per the 10
lessons.
"The council needs to try to balance the revenue taken in
at the pool against the expenditures," said Brough.
The pool is still not expected to operate in the black,
there will still be a deficit, but the new rates will make
the distance between the two figures&emdash;output and
income&emdash;shorter.
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