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Progress with the pool?

City attorney says entities 'working together'

Whether or not it's open next year is anyone's guess, but there's apparently some joint discussion happening among the entities behind Hartley's never-opened new pool.

"The city, contractor and engineer are working together on a remediation plan," City Attorney Brandon Krikke said on Tuesday. "At this time that is the only update we have."

Krikke on June 29 said the city council had not yet had a chance to discuss a decision by the Iowa Electrical Examining Board (IEEB) that approved a proposal by the pool's general contractor to address issues that led to a failed electrical inspection in 202...