In Florham Park, a pool re-do is on the way

FLORHAM PARK A refurbished pool in time for this years Memorial Day weekend opening can actually reach fruition.

The Borough Council on Thursday, Feb. 20 introduced an ordinance to appropriate $1 million to make improvements at the facility, located within the municipal complex off Ridgedale Avenue.

Of that amount, $950,000 will be in the issuance of bond anticipation notes for the work, while the remaining $50,000 will be taken from the boroughs capital improvement fund for a down payment.

The measure is expected to be adopted following a public hearing set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 20.

The bonds will be used for various pool improvements, including a new snack bar, new one-half meter dive stand with a 10-foot diving board, sand blasting the pools shell and the application of a new pool shell finish with swimming lane lines, installation of handicap lift chairs that are ADA compliant, a pressure testing pool, new concrete deck around thee pool with an underground deck drainage system, and installation of a steel gutter circulation system with a surge tank to maximize rim flow gutter control.

The introduction was endorsed by the council in a 5-1 split vote, with Councilman Charles Germershausen the sole dissenter.

We should not be spending $200,000 for a pool concession stand, he said.

Those endorsing the proposal were Council President Scott Carpenter, and Council members William Zuckerman, Thomas Michalowski, Charles Malone Jr. and Carmen Cefolo-Pane.

This will be the first time in its 53-year-history that the pool will have such an overhaul.

A few years ago, former Councilman David Wikstrom polled residents on whether the pool should have such extensive work performed. The job, however, was never done.

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In Florham Park, a pool re-do is on the way