Just three days after organizers pulled the plug on the community's Fourth of July fireworks and Celebration 4 events for 2020, the Greencastle Park Board unanimously decided to cancel the annual city pool season for 2020.
The board unanimously ruled that it was socially impossible to provide proper distancing rules at the pool and fiscally irresponsible to open for a short season that City Clerk-Treasurer advised could result in a $103,508 loss.
“Selfishly I want to have it because we enjoy it,” Park Board member Cathy Merrell said of her family’s affinity for the pool and park, reiterating her thoughts from the May meeting that ended up with the board tabling the decision until Thursday night.
“We hold off and do a big celebration for next year,” Merrell suggested.
With the cost and risks involved board member John Hennette said trying to open the pool on or after July 10 when the governor’s restrictions are relaxed would “not be worth it...