Waldwick October 10, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 3 Swimmers using the Waldwick Municipal Pool may have easier access to the water next season. The borough council is applying for a county Community Development grant to purchase two new ladders for the pool. Borough Administrator Gary Kratz said replacement of the aging structures had been on the borough’s needs and wish lists for a while but had fallen by the wayside due to budgetary constraints. “We think the new step system would be a real benefit to the residents so they can ingress and get out of the pool with dignity and honor,” said Kratz. He said the pool area is otherwise in good shape, Borough to seek funds for new pool ladders with strong pool sides to attach them to and a brand new deck around the pool. Borough Grants Administrator Laura Davisson said each unit, which has several steps leading to the water, would cost $3,500, with installation performed by the DPW. Kratz said he was hopeful the grant would be approved given the modest request, but said the borough would not find out until next year. The town had originally applied for a 2013 Community Development grant of $40,000 to build a handicapped-accessible playground at Borough Park. That application was deemed not eligible for the program, Kratz said, because it was a request for a totally new facility, not an alteration of an existing one. The Waldwick Pool operation came in the black to the tune of $35,362 this summer, with half of that profit attributable to badges sold to Midland Park residents, Davisson reported last week. Davisson said that 416 Midland Park residents purchased season passes, which were sold to them at the same fee as Waldwick residents. Of these, 171 were for children, 211 for adults and 34 seniors, representing an additional $22,315 in revenue for the pool. “Welcoming Midland Park was a financial benefit to the residents of Waldwick because it generated lots of additional rev- Pool season financial success enue, and 400-plus individuals ienjoyed our pool for the summer. It was a good tradeoff,” Kratz said. Slightly more than 1,400 resident season passes were sold, plus 1,107 daily passes. Total revenue amounted to $116,793, with expenses totaling $81,430. These included the amortized cost of new fencing and filtration and pool upgrades, she said. Davisson said that the concession stand had brought in $1,350 to the borough, and the operator had indicated he would be returning next year. The previous operator had renegotiated his bid and ultimately pulled out because of low sales. Having food sales at the pool run by an independent vendor, she said, relieves the borough of the responsibility for maintaining inventory, ordering and staffing.