How would Measure C affect the city’s total annual expenditure on the pools?
The answer is complicated, but the short version is that the city’s aquatics system’s net expenses will rise about $463,000 from the FY2009 level, in inflation-adjusted terms. This amount includes about $250,000 that is targeted for a net increase in hours and programs at all the pools, plus increased operational costs. The longer version is this: The City Manager has estimated that under Measure C, FY2013 net expenses for aquatics will be $1,613,000. In comparison, FY2009’s net expenses were $812,783, not counting the $250,000 paid by the School District (for water, utilities and maintenance at the Warm Pool and water at West Campus) that the city must now pay from its own budget. When adjusted for an expected 2 percent rate of inflation, the FY2009 total expense for aquatics becomes about $1,150,000 in 2013 dollars. Hence, Measure C would result in an inflation-adjusted increase from $1,150,000 to $1,613,000, or $463,000. Of this amount, $213,000 is caused by the increased cost of th
