Public Works updates pool season, staffing and equipment removal plans
July 19, 2023 | Public Works Meetings, Trousdale County, Tennessee
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The Public Works meeting heard an update on parks operations, including municipal pool activity and plans for playground equipment removal. Chair (Speaker 1) introduced Mr. Saleh, who told the committee business has slowed in the latter part of the season and that staff closed the pool early one day this month because of storms. "Oh, we've been going good," Mr. Saleh said, adding that he hopes to have full season totals after a newly hired assistant is acclimated.
Mr. Saleh described operational details and staffing: he said party reservations led staff to keep the pool open on an otherwise scheduled closing day so a customer could have a scheduled party, and that the department generally rolls reserved parties to the following year rather than issuing refunds. He said the department ordered pool chemicals in several batches (an initial order of 10 units, then 5 more, and another 5 roughly two weeks later) and has increased tablet dosing compared with prior years: "Last year or year before last, we would put tablets in our chlorinator. We put 7 a week in. This year, we'll put 15 a week in," Mr. Saleh said.
That increased dosing followed an inspection episode Mr. Saleh described: an inspector tested chlorine in a late hot afternoon and "we actually chlorine had dropped below the second bullet... We we got 2 points because of that," he said, indicating a modest inspection shortfall the department is addressing by increased dosing and monitoring.
The committee also discussed playground and park equipment that staff and volunteers plan to remove and, where salvageable, declare surplus for transfer to local schools or churches or to place at auction. Mr. Saleh said the surplus designation had been recommended previously to the commission but was not yet on this month’s commission agenda and asked to have it added. Participants discussed options — transfer, auction, or scrap — and agreed to pursue salvage or transfer first where practical.
The meeting record shows no public speakers on these items during the public-comment period. The committee did not take formal, long-term policy action on park equipment at this meeting; Mr. Saleh asked staff to add a surplus declaration to the commission agenda for formal disposition.
Mr. Saleh described operational details and staffing: he said party reservations led staff to keep the pool open on an otherwise scheduled closing day so a customer could have a scheduled party, and that the department generally rolls reserved parties to the following year rather than issuing refunds. He said the department ordered pool chemicals in several batches (an initial order of 10 units, then 5 more, and another 5 roughly two weeks later) and has increased tablet dosing compared with prior years: "Last year or year before last, we would put tablets in our chlorinator. We put 7 a week in. This year, we'll put 15 a week in," Mr. Saleh said.
That increased dosing followed an inspection episode Mr. Saleh described: an inspector tested chlorine in a late hot afternoon and "we actually chlorine had dropped below the second bullet... We we got 2 points because of that," he said, indicating a modest inspection shortfall the department is addressing by increased dosing and monitoring.
The committee also discussed playground and park equipment that staff and volunteers plan to remove and, where salvageable, declare surplus for transfer to local schools or churches or to place at auction. Mr. Saleh said the surplus designation had been recommended previously to the commission but was not yet on this month’s commission agenda and asked to have it added. Participants discussed options — transfer, auction, or scrap — and agreed to pursue salvage or transfer first where practical.
The meeting record shows no public speakers on these items during the public-comment period. The committee did not take formal, long-term policy action on park equipment at this meeting; Mr. Saleh asked staff to add a surplus declaration to the commission agenda for formal disposition.
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