Re: Pool Finances

["John Danahy" <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>]

While I agree that "no one promised a profit in the public pool bottom
line",  I was present when the pool committee made its presentation to the
city council and again when Tony Johnson, then city councilman, exhorted the
city council to accept the plan presented by the committee.  Both the pool
committee and councilman Tony Johnson promised that the pool would not cost
any additional tax dollars to the people of Moscow.  If my memory serves me,
Tony Johnson stated that the best thing about the pool design presented to
the council by the committee was that it would cost no new additional tax
dollars to operate.  While we were not promised a profit, we were promised a
break even pool.


John

John and Laurie Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Schmidt" <schmidt6@turbonet.com>
To: <krehbiel@moscow.com>
Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: Pool Finances


>
> With all the press and enthusiasm for the H/L pool in Moscow this summer I
> would like to offer a word of caution at this point. Public pools do not
> make a profit. Despite what detractors( J.Wenders) tried to misrepresent
in
> the bond election campaign, no one promised a profit in the public pool
> bottom line. If that were the case I imagine entrepreneurs would have done
> this project long ago and the admission price would have been alot
> different. I'll try to quote my statement from memory. Public pools lose
> money. Outdoor pools lose less since thet are open less time, indoor pools
> lose more since they have 12 months to run in the red.
> This is not a gripe about the pool, just an attempt to moderate the
> expectations. I think the pool was a great investment in this community
and
> it's future. It is not a "business" venture and should not be looked at as
> such. We don't expect our sewer system to make a profit, or our
> roads....let's keep the pool, a public work, in perspective.
> Dan J Schmidt, Moscow, IdahoAt 11:55 PM 9/15/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >When will we see the bottom line $ for the pool's first season?  Seems
> >like there were several days with a good turnout, but probably too few.
> >I hope we at least covered the payroll -- since we can't cover the
> >pool.  Everyone I talked to liked the facility.
> >
> >
>