Nebraska City Says Flooding Cut Revenue At Swimming Pool and Golf Course
City to keep rates steady: family pass at pool $180 and $740 at golf course
By News Channel Nebraska
NEBRASKA CITY – The Nebraska City City Council will keep pool and golf course rates steady next year and approved an application to the Wirth Foundation for a new picnic shelter in Wildwood Park.
Recreation Director Scooter Edmisten said the closing of the Missouri River bridge due to flooding last summer impacted revenue both at the Wildwood Golf Course and the Steinhart Aquatic Center.
Parks Commissioner Patrick Wehling said if revenue had not been reduced by the flood, the pool would probably require about $6,000 in tax subsidy.
Edmisten said the pool continues to strive toward self-sufficiency with costs savings on labor and chemicals.
The city approved the city recreation department’s application for an $83,000 project for a new picnic shelter and playground equipment at the Steinhart Park entrance to Wildwood Park.
The new shelter will hold six picnic tables, compared to the shelter across from the pool in Steinhart Park that holds four tables.
In other business, City Administrator Grayson Path said Nebraska City’s sale tax revenues have been good enough that beside the normal $380,000 repayment for the aquatic center bond, the Nebraska City Recreation Agency will pay an extra $315,000 this year.
With extra payments the last two years, a total of $225,000 has been saved from interest payments.