Nice weather and a new splash pad are credited with keeping the pool financially afloat.
Five years after it was nearly closed, Washington's pool has turned its third straight annual profit.
The pool brought in almost $87,000 over the summer season and made a profit of about $5,000, according to recreation commission Chairman Vic Cioni. The profit includes $4,250 in anticipated reimbursements for infrastructure.
Salaries and some other expenses were also up over 2014, but boosts from the concession stand, daily admission and members fees pushed the pool over the top, according to numbers Cioni said he plans to present at an upcoming borough council meeting.
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Total revenue was up more than $16,500 from 2014. The biggest change was from daily admission fees -- the $27,300 in 2015 was almost $8,500 more than last year.
"We did luck out with weather this summer but we did see a big uptick in daily and seasonal passes," Cioni said, also crediting a splash pad that debuted for the summer.
"Now that people have seen it and used it I think next season, because of word of mouth, could be even bigger."
The pool was nearly closed in 2010 because of concerns it could not be profitable.
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