The township put the Parks and Recreation levy, which will be for five years, on the Aug. 6 special election ballot.
“We tried to get it to pass last November, but it didn’t pass,” Benson said. He added that the vote at that time failed by several hundred votes and feels that there will be a broader voting base because the township is initiating the levy as opposed to the city.
“If we run it in the township, it goes to all the township voters, plus the city,” said Benson, who is also on the Germantown Aquatic Center Pool Oversight Committee - in charge of overseeing how the levy money is spent.
The Olympic-sized pool in question is located at the Germantown Aquatic Center, which is in Veterans Memorial Park, near the Germantown Municipal building on North Walnut Street.
“We have contracted operations to an outside agency for the last couple of years and this is the first year that we are running the pool ourselves,” said Annie Sizemore, Germantown’s city manager. “The pool was built in the early seventies and has been maintained very well and is in good condition.”
But Benson said the pool has fallen into disrepair and that’s why the money that the levy will generate is needed.
“Even if we pass it in the Aug. 6 election, there will be short time frame next year where there will not be any levy money coming in to operate the pool,” Benson said.
Daily admission to the pool is $5.50 per person, but the charge after 5 p.m. is $3, according to Sizemore. It’s $2.50 for children between the ages of 3 and 4. Senior Citizens and children under the age of 2 have free admission.
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