After Butler County Commissioners rejected an initial bid last month, work to repair EDCO pool will begin after Labor Day.

After a rejection last month, a bid to repair and upgrade the EDCO Park pool in Evans City was accepted by the county commissioners on Wednesday.

Lance Welliver, the county's director of parks and recreation, said work will start after Labor Day and is scheduled to be finished before the pool opens next season.

The $496,000 base bid will cover the new zero entry, a ramp and handrail for disabled swimmers, a peninsula between the zero entry and the big pool with an in-water dividing bench where swimmers can sit, various spray features on the peninsula, plumbing for a slide with three raindrop omnipod compatible features, and recirculation plumbing and filtration system replacement.

A second bid of $42,500 will replace the pool's tile with depth markers and rim material that will match the zero entry feature.

A bid of $37,500 will remove and repair weakened or hollow areas of plaster in the main pool, repaint the pool and inject epoxy into any cracks.

Several other features were listed in the bid, but Aqua Pool out of Allegheny County, the only bidder, elected not to bid on them.

Welliver said $740,000 is available for the pool project, so another $73,000 will be spent on upgrades to the bathhouse.

“While this does not solve every issue, it does get the pool up and running and where it needs to be,” Welliver said.

The commissioners rejected a $553,000 bid from a Lawrence County company last month, saying it was too high.