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Posted Nov 9, 2009; 3:57 AM

Taylor pool on Council agenda

The Reporter Staff

The Fond du Lac City Council will consider donated improvements to Taylor Park Pool and a request by the Fondy Swim Club to host two meets at the site.

The City Council meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the Legislative Chambers of the City County Government Center, 160 S. Macy St. The public is encouraged to attend.

Taylor Park Pool was the topic of discussion last week when a councilman proposed closing the pool for the 2010 season as a cost-savings measure. The motion failed on a 5-2 vote.

Fondy Swim Club hosted a swim meet at Taylor Park Pool last July. The team called the meet a "huge success" and noted that it brought 247 swimmers from 19 communities to the area.

The two meets in 2010 would necessitate closure of the pool for public use on those days. As it previously did, the club would compensate the city for lost pool admissions.

In addition, the club is proposing to make several minor pool changes, including a more sturdy anchoring system of lane lines to the pool wall and addition of removable pole locations for backstroke flags.

Other agenda items

The cities of Berlin, Green Lake, Markesan and Princeton in Green Lake County are requesting to join Lakeside Municipal Court.

Lakeside Municipal Court currently serves the villages of North Fond du Lac, Rosendale, Campbellsport, Brandon, Fairwater, Oakfield, the City of Fond du Lac and towns of Ripon, Empire, Taycheedah and Osceola.

City Attorney James Flader said he does not anticipate any adverse effects resulting from the change.

Council will recognize Theresa Kulibert, police records clerk with the Fond du Lac Police Department. She is retiring Nov. 11 after 41 years and two months of service.

A request has been made for alcohol licenses for Walgreen Corporation for the sale of intoxicating liquor, beer and wine at its stores located at 192 N. Main St. and 20 W. Pioneer Road.

A petition has been received to reconsider special assessments levied in 2005 for residents of Maria Lane.

The petition states that the City Council changed its assessment policy in 2007 and that the change resulted in Maria Lane residents between Park Avenue and Ellis Street being "treated unfairly."

Assessments for the full cost of the new urban section city street were levied two years before a policy change was made that states rural streets that are reconstructed to urban standards will be assessed at half the cost.

The Fond du Lac Sailing Club and Fond du Lac Yacht Club have proposed to construct, operate and maintain a jib crane on city-owned land in Lighthouse Harbor.