Decatur Active Living’s Greg White writes in….

Decatur residents your safety and health are our top concerns. The Glenlake pool is closed due to filtering and equipment issues. The pool management company and the City of Decatur have been working diligently for the last 48 hours to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. In the interim please visit the two City of Decatur pools at McKoy or Ebster. We hope to have Glenlake pool open as soon as possible and will post updates.

Last year, many parents expressed disappointment after it was learned that Decatur’s public pools would close for the calendar year in tandem with the first day of school in early August.

In response, the city of Decatur decided to keep the kid-oriented McKoy pool open during the day through the month.   Now the city’s Active Living Department is considering also keeping the city’s Glenlake pool open on weekdays in the evenings from 4p-8p through Labor Day, according to a note from Decatur Active Living Director Greg White (page 11 of City Commission meeting materials).

The extended hours, along with the need for additional lifeguards at Ebster Pool (which will still close at the end of July) and winter maintenance, will cost the city roughly $18,000, according to White’s note.

The Decatur City Commission will take up this new, proposed pool contract at tonight’s meeting.

The DNO e-pub reports that Decatur’s Active Living Director, Dan Magee, is leaving his position at the end of March to become Supervisor of Parks for Athens-Clarke County.

Magee tells the DNO that it is “very, very, very difficult to leave the City of Decatur”, but he sees Athens as a “dream job” and believes that Active Living’s Assistant Direct, Greg White, is “more than ready to run the show.”

All the best Dan!