A PETITION from 18 Euroa locals seeking to extend the hours of the town’s swimming pool has been welcomed by council.
The petition was arranged by Greg Rowe on behalf of the Euroa Swimming Club and was received by council in December, requesting support for using a group of volunteers to manage longer operating hours.
Pool manager Jill Taylor said the pool had always been an ‘amazing’ community asset.
“It would be great if we can think about how best to use the pool and to consider what extended hours would look like to best serve the community’s needs,” Ms Taylor said.
“I love that I can be here supporting the community to use the pool.”
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Management and staffing of the pool is currently outsourced to Belgravia Leisure and extending the pool’s hours will need volunteers for the pool to remain financially viable.
Petitioner Greg Rowe said he found the response of those he approached ‘fantastic’.
“I already found some people who I spoke to wanting to volunteer,” Mr Rowe said.
“Many of them were swimmers themselves and several said they had taught swimming, others have working with children qualifications, and several of them had first aid certificates.
"Some of them had all three, so we are in good shape."
Mr Rowe said the plan was to augment the Friends of the Euroa Pool community group.
Council referred the petition to the director of community and planning for consideration.
Councillor Fiona Stevens thanked the community for their interest and the motion was carried unanimously.
