Borough hikes pool fees again, prepares for snow
SEVEN FIELDS — Borough council decided to raise pool membership rates about an additional 5% next year to continue to curb losses from the swimming pool operations.
The decision, made at the meeting Monday, Dec. 12., is in addition to the 10% rate hike on pool memberships made by the council at the Nov. 15 meeting.
The change, which figures into the projected 2023 budget, aims to curb losses from Seven Fields Community Pool operations that totaled $35,000 and $37,000 in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
That means individual residents who pay annual rates of $120 per person would instead pay $138 next year, while nonresidents who pay $155 now would pay $178 next year. These changes would not represent the discounted rates for families many community residents would pay, based on the number of family members, or the early bird options the pool also offers.
Prior budget losses involving the pool don’t have such an adverse impact on the borough’s budget as a whole. A third quarter budget analysis for fiscal year 2022 still showed a surplus of $237,263 and $190,843, which includes all water utilities used by residents throughout the year.
The council invested $34,866.30 in a new John Deere gator snowplow for the public works department, which will come with field maintenance attachments such as a spreader and a sprayer.
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