EVANS CITY — After 10 years of trying, it looks like the EDCO Park Authority finally will be have a feasibility study on the repairs and upgrades needed at the swimming pool.

The borough council on July 6 voted 6 to 1 to contribute at least $10,000 toward the $20,000 study.

The completion of the study will allow the authority to apply for grants for that work.

At the meeting, authority President John Rogers told council the authority has $7,728 to put toward the $10,000 that is the authority's share to pay for the study.

He said the remaining amount could be raised by authority members.

“I think it's very doable,” Rogers said.

The dissenting vote came from Councilwoman Kim Armstrong, who said Monday that she has reservations regarding whether the pool is a sustainable investment.

“I don't mean to be negative, but I just don't see it,” Armstrong said. “I have a feeling we are going to waste $25,000 for something that may not be a sustainable entity.”

Mayor Dean Zinkhann said at the meeting he was told the study would cost $25,000. Council President Lee Dyer said if the study is more than $20,000, council will consider increasing its contribution.

Cindy Caldwell, authority board member and the manager of the EDCO Park pool, said Monday that $1,000 contributions were promised by NexTier Bank and the Evans City Sportsman Club. She said other significant donations, plus the $990 raised for the pool in an online fundraising website, make the feasibility study a firm possibility.

“We're getting darn close,” Caldwell said.

She said even children who come to the pool will drop the dimes or quarters they receive in change from concession purchases into a donation can at the pool.

Caldwell said Gary Pinkerton, Butler County director of parks, will get an engineering firm to do the pool study. She said because the borough, not the authority, owns the land where the pool is located, Pinkerton will work with the borough to get the study.

“So basically, we are raising the money to give back to the borough because they are the landowners,” Caldwell said.

She said the authority has been trying to get the funds for the study since 2004 or 2005.

The pool is in need of crack repairs, repainting, repair or replacement of the closed baby pool, and other upgrades.