Malta City Council approves steps to add pool bonding to a future election

The Malta City Council unanimously voted in favor of passing a motion to continue looking into a vote asking for City-wide bonding in order to rebuild the Municipal Pool.

"I think that is the way we are going to find out how people feel," Councilman William Hicks said.

The City-wide bonding idea originated at a public meeting held by the City of Malta to discuss the 60-plus-year-old pool. At that meeting, it was reported that pool has cost the City of Malta approximately $220,900 since 2011 while generating just $41,650, she said (the total cost to run the pool since 2011 included several majo...