Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) The Spellerberg pool cost controversy keeps making waves in Sioux Falls.
City Council Member Kermit Staggers says the voters should decide today whether an indoor pool should be built at all. He points out that last year's vote was only on whether an new outdoor pool should be built at Spellerberg. Since the indoor pool is going to cost millions more than first proposed, Staggers says the citizens should decide. He suggests tacking it on to the Sioux Falls School District elections in April.
Other City Councilers have called for public hearings on the extra money required.
This would be the first municipal indoor pool in South Dakota's largest city.
City officials says part of the extra cost is because they want to built the pool right the first time. The old outdoor pool at Spellerberg Park has already been demolished.