NIPAWIN — Family passes at the pool at Central Park in Nipawin will only allow up to two adults with a maximum of six patrons before an extra charge applies.
Those wanting to add extra students or seniors to the pass beyond the maximum will have to pay $50 each. The family pass costs $180, increasing to $220 as of June 1.
Barry Elliott, Nipawin’s administrator, said before now the policy was loose and this caused “clear abuse” of the system.
He said this change provides clarity.
“What council has been informed of by parks and recreation is over the last few years there has been some very clear abuse of the family swim pass process that we have had in place,” Elliott said. “In fact we have had as many, as I understand, 20 individuals utilize one family seasonal swim pass and that was not how it was intended to be used.”
Elliott said previously the pass would be utilized for multiple families or up to four adults or more.
“What we’ve defined is maximum six people, two adults and four children is the typical allocation — but no more than two adults.”
This was change was made by council at their regular meeting on April 23.
