Earlier this week ,the Clintonville Common Council approved a maximum tax levy in the city’s budget. Clintonville will now have a 9.52 percent levy, which equates to $50 on an $80,000 home that residents will soon see take effect.
During budget discussions, Clintonville Mayor Lois Bressette said she was a big proponent in keeping funding for the city’s pool in the budget because it had been taken out.
“My argument was that until the council makes the decision that we’re going to close our swimming pool permanently, that we need to continue to put funds in our budget for that,” Bressette pushed. “With this increase in taxes, we’ll be able to keep that funding in the budget for the swimming pool. It won’t be in the regular contingency fund. It will be in a special fund set up just for the swimming pool.”
Mayor Bressette helped successfully sway the council because of what the pool brings to the community.
“I really think that it’s an asset for our community. We have a lot of people that use it. There’s a long history of why it’s there because there were some drownings that happened years ago and the decision makers back then said we need a pool for our kids to recreate at in the summer. I’m very loyal to our swimming pool and I’ll keep that battle up until I lose it.”
The pool does, however come with its issues, and the council may seek input from the public in the future.
“Council members have spoken with me about putting it to a referendum, maybe not next year but the year after to see what the citizens want for our area for the swimming pool. Probably not 2017, but possible a referendum in 2018 to see what our Clintonville residents would like to do with that swimming pool.”
While the city had hoped to have it up and running this summer, a fire prevented that. Mayor Bressette did comment that the city had received some insurance money to help offset the costs.
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