Months of negotiations on $77M indoor pool, wellness center proposal nearing end

Mayor's office readying for long anticipated vote on aquatics and recreation bond package

Mayor Paul TenHaken’s administration is promising not to go over budget on tens of millions worth of new indoor aquatics and recreation centers — by much.

That’s the pitch Sioux Falls Finance Director Shawn Pritchett made to city councilors this week while briefing them ahead of long-anticipated votes on a proposed $77 million bonding package that would cover the construction of new pool campuses at Kuehn and Frank Olson Parks.

Downtown ice-ribbon’s opening to precede playground, splashpad, dog park at Jacobson Plaza