Sweetwater reports: pool near opening, CDBG amendment, annexation timing and capital projects update

City staff updated the Board of Commissioners on several capital projects, finances and upcoming agenda items during the workshop.

Jessica reported the municipal pool now contains water and staff hope to open it next week subject to health department inspection; concessions and lifeguards are prepared. She said a CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) scope amendment approved by the state will pick up unfinished elements originally in the LPRF grant — bath houses, a concession stand, a diving board and shade structures for athletic fields — and that work on those elements will follow once the pool project is complete.

On land and annexation, staff said a new 21‑day public‑notice requirement moved the planned closing date for a Highway 68 land purchase from late July to the end of August; Planning Commission approved the annexation and a public hearing is scheduled for July 27 (the July workshop will be a called meeting to accommodate that hearing). Survey work and contractual conditions tied to annexation and zoning remain in progress.

Finance staff presented May visitation and sales tax metrics: Main Street nonresidential visits in May were reported up about 6% year‑over‑year and Engelman Park saw roughly 8,000 visits in May; state shared sales tax was reported up 3.2% with local and base increases noted. Staff also reported a recent debt refunding completed at a lower interest rate and described year‑to‑date general fund revenues and expenditures relative to budget.

The board previewed July agenda items that include updates to the debt policy to align with comptroller language, two community center resolutions, ordinance numbers noted in the packet (numbers provided for staff tracking), a proposed moratorium on data centers (with Amber Bright registered to speak), and a set of board appointments across utility, historic zoning, parks & rec, library and bond boards. Staff listed several follow‑up tasks and asked commissioners to confirm potential nominees.