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Preview: Chico City Council To Consider Turning Over Sycamore Pool Lifeguard Duties

Elected leaders in Chico today are set to consider farming out a key part of summer to a separate entity. To locals, a dip in Sycamore Pool is as emblematic of summer as backyard barbecues, family road trips or ice cream. 

The good news is that shouldn’t change. But this year, in an effort city leaders say could save taxpayers a total of $6,000, officials are set to turn over lifeguarding duties at the pool to the Chico Area Recreation District, or CARD.

The proposal calls for CARD to run the facilities for the upcoming summer on a one-year trial. Officials would then review and possibly revise the proposal before renewing it. Under the agreement, CARD would be encouraged to conduct lifeguard training and certification classes, water and boating safety classes and paddle board classes at the pool.

Also on the agenda at the council meeting: a proposal to shift around certain jobs within the city’s fire department, and a proposal making public a 74-page three-year memorandum of understanding between the city and its police force.