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Summer start time will stay the same at Graydon Pool
Thursday July 12, 2012, 1:46 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
A number-crunching session and the belief that money was being well-spent helped the Village Council decide to keep Graydon Pool’s weekday operating hours, specifically its 10 a.m. opening time, through the final three weeks of the swimming season.
The anticipated $3,000 operating cost to rollback the pool’s start time to 10 a.m. from Aug. 15 to Sept. 3 is a worthy expense, council members determined after reading an enrollment and financial report presented to them by Parks and Recreation officials this week.
“I’m really reluctant to spend money. I guess I put this in the category of making maximum use of a wonderful facility,” said Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli. “I’m reluctant to see us not get the most use of the pool, especially now since it’s been so nicely improved.”
In May, the previous council voted on a 10 a.m. opening over a proposed noontime start through mid-August. At the time, the council decided it would evaluate the first three weeks of the season to determine the operating hours toward the end of the summer.