The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Board met Monday evening at a cool and windy East Ridge Park. During their meeting, Parks and Rec Director Bryant Rasmussen brought up one of what he called “A hot topic”: A Memorandum pertaining to the City of Atlantic taking over operations at the Sunnyside Pool. That includes the hiring of life guards and their job duties. The YMCA currently runs the facility. Rasmussen said their Aquatics Director handled all the scheduling of the lifeguards and other such matters.

The Board passed a motion saying the City wishes to take over the day-to-day operations of the pool. Rasmussen said he doesn’t think that will step on any toes at City Hall.

The Parks and Rec Board will hold an open meeting 5-p.m. Oct. 4^th at City Hall in Atlantic, separate from the previous meetings that have been held within the community, under the direction of YMCA Director Dan Haynes.

Atlantic Parks & Rec Board: Director Bryant Rasmussen (Left), John Krogman (Center,away), Stuart Dusenberry (Center, near), & Erin McFadden (right); Not visible, Jolene Smith.

Already several representatives have come through to look at the pool and discuss the options that are available, and what the associated costs might be. Currently, he said there are multiple options and price ranges that are being examined. In other business, Rasmussen said construction is finished on the washed-out part of the Schildberg Recreation Area trail, with the installation of rip-rap, but Heuton Construction said additional dirt work was necessary to remove and add-in. Their recommendation was to wait until spring to replace that trail, in order to allow the dirt to settle. Rasmussen said he is working to get on the calendar with some concrete workers to get the trail finished as soon as possible in the spring.

And, he said the City’s plan for shoring-up Bull Creek was approved by the Army Corps of Engineers.