MINUTES OF THE ROLAND CITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL SESSION

MAY 31, 2007

 

Note:  The following minutes were approved by the Roland City Council at its June 11, 2007, council meeting.

 

The Roland City Council met in special session with the Roland Pool Board on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. at the Swimming Pool with Mayor Samuel Juhl presiding.  Council members present at roll call were Duane Canny, Bob Hanson and Jeri Neely.  Absent were council members Roger Fritz and John Lee.  Also present were 2 visitor and member of the community.

 

Motion by Canny, second by Hanson to approve the agenda.  All were in favor.

 

The purpose of the joint meeting was to discuss the condition of the pool.  Pool Board member Adam Pitman gave the council members a brief overview of what they have done and repaired since May 17th.  As of today, the pool is still loosing approximately 1000 gallons of water per hour.  They feel this is a lot of water to continue to lose.  CM Hanson asked if there are any pool experts that can be called.  The Board members reported that they have been taking with Story City and they have given them some numbers of people to contact.  The main problem is they don’t know were the leak is.  The water loss seems to be more when the circulation pump is running.

 

There was discussion on using a camera to check the pipes.  This would be somewhat difficult with the 90 degree angles and would cost between $1500 - $2000.  Another option they discussed was to have someone come in and listen for the leaks.  There is no guarantee with this option since the pipes are plastic and would cost between $500 - $800.  The pool would also need to be pressurized.  The last option discussed was to contact Pool Tech and have them see if they can find the leak  They could be here next week. 

 

There was discussion on whether to open the pool until Pool Tech can get here or leave it closed.  The council members would like to open the pool, but the Pool Board members felt it would be best to leave it closed.  They were concerned with the amount of water being lost, the stabilization of the chemicals due to the water loss and the temperature of the water will be cooler due to having to continually add water.  There was also concerns about selling season passes and then not being able to re-open the pool.  The council members stated that it is the Pool Board’s decision. 

 

Consensus of the council members was to have the Pool Board contact Pool Tech and have them get here as soon as possible to find the leak and fix the welds on the stainless steel gutters.

 

There were no Council/Mayor comments at this time.

 

There was no public input at this time.

 

With no further business at this time, Canny moved adjournment of the meeting at7:36 p.m., second by Neely.  All were in favor.  The next regular council meeting will be Monday, June 11, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall.

 

 

 

 

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Samuel Juhl, Mayor                                                                                             Deneen Frost, City Clerk

 

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