MidCoast Council will lobby the State government to ease COVID-19 restrictions so the public can enjoy their unsupervised community swimming pools.
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Council staff also will be working and engaging with the community groups to publicise and facilitate COVID safe ways groups can use the pool.
These resolutions were unanimously agreed upon by councillors during the December monthly ordinary meeting held in Taree.
In his report to support his notice of motion, Cr Troy Fowler said: "For a lot of our towns/villages that have a public pool, they rely immensely on them being open.
"Not just with the temperatures we have already seen and what's predicted this summer, we need to look at the mental and physical health this pandemic has caused our communities.
If restrictions don't change, these communities won't have the opportunity to be able to use the public pools this summer.
- Troy Fowler
"If restrictions don't change, these communities won't have the opportunity to be able to use the public pools this summer.
"Council has been proactive in enabling community groups exclusive but limited access.
"We need to publicise the opportunities for community groups and work with the community so that the pools are being used in a COVID safe manner and not left idle."
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