Short staffing leads to Saskatoon paddling pool closures – Saskatoon | 24CA News
Saskatoon’s summer time paddling pool schedule shouldn’t be as strong as meant after quick staffing has pressured the occasional closure of swimming pools across the metropolis.
“On a day-to-day and week-to-week basis, we do have to make changes and do have to make choices of which sites we do close, and we do try and balance that across the season and across the sites so that we are not impacting one neighbourhood unfavourably,” Saskatoon recreation program supervisor Jody Hauta stated.
Hauta stated town wants roughly 165 leaders to run leisure packages within the metropolis to maintain the swimming pools open.
“We started about 18 leaders short and that includes the subs that we require for when staff calls in sick or have scheduled absences,” Hauta stated. “For the most part, they are post-secondary students.”
He stated the shortened summer time work time period is usually a hurdle when competing in a troublesome job market.
“Some years we do very well when the job market isn’t quite as hot, some years the job market is hot and students are looking to make as much money as they can during the summer and trying to get their funding for their university year coming ahead.
“There are always going to be some closures and we are always going to be in a bit of a balancing act in terms of looking at the staff we have available and looking at the sites we can have available.”
Hauta additionally famous that the Caswell Hill paddling pool will seemingly be completely closed for the season after a mechanical failure final weekend.
Regardless, he stated he’s nonetheless happy with the summer time turnout thus far and the group participation on the swimming pools.
“We have been able to operate a majority of the sites for the majority of the summer.”
Service alerts are posted on the City of Saskatoon web site for residents trying to test impacts of their neighbourhoods.
A digital map can also be out there that features closures and programming adjustments.
Signs will even be posted on location.
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