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Regular Council Meeting Minutes <br />5-18-09 <br />Page 4 <br />FIRE - Firefighter Panzero <br />There was no report. <br />FINANCE - Dave Maller <br />There was no report. <br />POLICE - Chief Dearden <br />There was no report. <br />PARKS & RECREATION - Bill Thomas <br />Mr. Thomas provided an update on Parkview Pool. It has a diving well. In the diving well, there <br />is over 80,000 gallons of water. This year, Mr. Thomas is pleased to report that we left the water <br />from last year in the diving well. Mr. Thomas uncovered it and it was clear as a bell. What that <br />does is it saves a lot of manhours. What we used to do is drain the pool and clean it out. We <br />would have to spend a lot of money on filling that diving well. Mr. Thomas said he has to give <br />Kudos to our Service Department and specifically to Lenny Tierney and Jim Dolatowski for an <br />excellent job. Mr. Thomas really means that. That's a major, major improvement to preparation <br />for Parkview Pool. <br />Mr. Thomas continued, the staff put a fresh coat of paint on the 0-42 inch play area and cleaned <br />thoroughly the main pool area with a scrubber that we have never used before. That has saved a <br />lot of manhours. We will be looking at purchasing the scrubber for next year. <br />Mr. Thomas stated that we are compliant now with the Graham-Baker Act. Mr. Thomas asked if <br />everyone is familiar with that. Council President Buckholtz asked Mr. Thomas to explain it. <br />Mr. Thomas stated that all the pools in the country had to replace their drains because there was <br />an incident where someone got killed, sucked into the drain. The bottom line is we are now <br />compliant. Mr. Thomas wanted to let the Law Department know this. We had the company that <br />built the pool 11 years ago, Astro Pools, put them in. It is under the Mayor's expenditure. <br />Finally, Mr. Thomas reported that all of the lifeguards are being recertified in CPR and lifeguard <br />training. We will be ready for the summer that begins on June gtn <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, so now we have new drains and last year's water. Mr. <br />Thomas said that is correct. It's all recycled and it's clean. <br />Mr. Metzung added that this is the first year that the diving well has not leaked. We seemed to <br />have filled all the leaks. We have always tried to leave it full.