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<br />2. <br />Pool staffing discussion <br />The question was to why the pool hours have been shortened. Ms. MacCartney stated it <br />was a safety and liability issue due to guards leaving to go back to school. She noted that <br />schools are starting earlier now thus making it hard to find available guards. Ms. <br />MacCartney said she has tried everything in trying to staff the pool in late August. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert asked Ms. MacCartney the difference between guards trained by Red Cross or <br />Star guards as it seemed difficult to find guards if limited to just trained Star guards. Mr. <br />Glickert suggested to close a section of the pool based on use, in order not to have to staff <br />the entire pool. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow asked what the salary rand of the guards were and Ms. MacCartney said from <br />$7.85 to $10.00. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft asked if the City advertised at Washington University? He noted that being new on <br />the Council he has not received as many concerned calls as he has on the early closing of <br />the pool. He suggested the City get creative in figuring out a way to keep the pool open for <br />six more days. Mr. Kraft noted that lap swimmers have mentioned they would be willing to <br />help. <br /> <br />Ms. Ricci moved to have Ms. MacCartney to come back with a way to keep the pool open <br />six more days, seconded by Mr. Price and was unanimously approved. <br /> <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS <br />1. <br />Deb Carlin, 7132 Washington <br />Ms. Carlin offered her correction of minutes from June 7, 2010 to better clarify her <br />points. She offered suggestions for advertising in order to get more swim guards in <br />order to keep University City’s pool open longer. All her comments are attached at the <br />end. <br /> <br />2. <br />Elsie Glickert, 6712 Etzel <br />Ms. Glickert REMINDED Council of the hours the Heman Park pool has been open in <br />previous years. She felt that not using Red Cross trained guards was detrimental in find <br />guards to work. Ms. Glickert stated the decision that the City could not find guards was <br />in October of 2009. She is requesting that Council keep the pool open from noon to <br />8:00 p.m. until Labor Day. Ms. Glickert had citizens in the audience stand in support of <br />keeping the pool open. <br /> <br />3. <br />Anne Marie Kiddon, 7348 Wellington Ave <br /> Ms. Kiddon previously had asked for information about the cost of maintaining full pool <br />hours versus the loss in income when closing the pool from noon to 3:30 pm to <br />determine if the choice was detrimental. She never received an answer. She was <br />concerned that this decision was made in the beginning of the year when hiring of <br />guards had not started. Ms. Kiddon also read a letter sent from Jen Jensen who was <br />out of town also requesting that the pool hours in August not be cut. <br /> <br />4. <br />Debra Jones, 6720 Bartment <br />Ms. Jones was present to request that Heman Park Pool hours not be cut in August as <br />what had been proposed. <br /> <br /> <br /> 4 <br /> <br />