(KTTS News) — The city of Nixa has agreed to spend up to $100,000 from a special aquatics reserve fund to fix a leak in a community pool.
A contractor will dig under the concrete pool deck to fix a leaky pipe fitting and find out if other repair work needs to be done.
No word yet on when the pool will be fixed.
Edited Press Release
Nixa Parks and Recreation now have authorization to spend up to $100,000 on repairs for the community pool to resolve the leak.
Nixa City Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday at 5pm where the only item on the agenda was regarding a budget amendment to allow for the emergency expenditures to expedite repair as soon as possible.
Council voted to approve that budget amendment.
Money for these emergency repairs will come from the aquatics reserve account.
The purpose of this savings account is to cover pool-related repairs and maintenance.
Parks Department staff have been conversing with a contractor who has indicated they can begin the work soon, which will involve digging under a portion of the concrete pool deck to the leaking pipe fitting, assessing whether that is the only section of pipe which needs to be replaced, and whether any rock or dirt under the pool needs to be filled in before repairs can be completed and the pool deck patched with fresh concrete.
We do not yet have a definitive timeline for the repairs or when we will be able to open the pool, as the repair process will depend on some variable factors.
We will provide further updates once the repair process has begun.
Thank you for your patience as we work as quick as possible to get the pool ready to be opened.
