Potential additions to pool design will add to cost

After adding some extras into the conceptual designs at citizen request, cost for the city’s swimming pool rose significantly.

Attendees at the last swimming pool committee meeting asked to ad a splash park to the pool plans. The designers supplied the city with plans for a splash park at the same location as the future pool, as well as plans for a park at a separate location. The pool plans were designed to fit one of the city’s proposed pool sites just south of Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp on Fort Sidney Rd., in order to formulate a proper cost estimate.

The price of the pool with a...