JACKSON POOL WILL OFER GROUP RATE FOR CHILDREN

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday agreed to amend its recently adopted swimming pool admission policy to include a group-rate category for children in all Jackson day-care centers.

The 8-0 vote came after representatives from the Kiddie Land Day Care Center told the aldermen the increase in admission price this year from $1 to $2 per person was creating an extra financial burden for parents.

The day-care center transports about 80 children to the pool twice a week during the summer months. For parents with three children in day care, the cost of swimming is now $12 per week for two sessions, instead of $6, a day-care center spokesman said.

City Administrator Carl Talley told the board he has received numerous calls about the increase in pool admission from other parents with children in other day-care centers.

Talley recommended and the board agreed to set a group-rate admission charge of $1 per child for all Jackson day-care centers for 1 hours of swimming, from 1:30-3 p.m. daily.

In other business, Acting City Engineer Rich Bowen reported the contractor has started work on the West Main Street Improvement Project. Bowen said new curbs and gutters will be installed along the south side of the street before the old pavement is removed. Bowen said it should take about two days to pour the new pavement on the south side of the street.

The board approved a motion by Alderman Kevin Sawyer instructing the city engineer to look into the possibility of extending the West Main Street Improvement Project eastward to Hope Street. The current contract calls for the project to extend only as far east as High Street. Bowen will report back at the next board meeting.

The board approved a partial payment of $34,510 to P&R Developers for work on the third phase of the East Jackson Boulevard sanitary sewer project.

The board voted 8-0 to adopt an ordinance rezoning the property of Shelby and Mildred Brown at 1015 Highway 72 West, from R-1, residential, to C-1, commercial. There was no opposition to the rezoning request during a public hearing held prior to Monday's board meeting.

The Browns requested the zoning change after it was discovered the C-1 zoning on their property had reverted back to R-1 because of lack of use. Rick Yamnitz has leased the property from the Browns recently and moved his auto sales business to the location.