Litchfield Pool Season Ends Aug. 9; High Dive Out of Service

Article Summary: The park district’s 2026 pool season closes at the end of business Sunday, Aug. 9, and the high dive will not return — it broke recently and will be either removed or replaced, with commissioners discussing a slide as one alternative.

Pool Season Key Points:

The 2026 season ends at the close of business Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.

The Litchfield Fire Department’s dive team will use the pool for training from Aug. 10 to Aug. 14, 2026.

The high dive is no longer usable after a recent break and will be either removed or replaced. Adding a slide was discussed as a possible alternative.

No motion was made and no cost figures were recorded. Commissioner Christopher Bates, who chairs the pool committee, was absent; President Jeff Heyen delivered the report.

LITCHFIELD — The Litchfield Park District’s 2026 pool season ends this weekend, and the pool’s high dive will not be part of the next one, commissioners were told Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026.

President Jeff Heyen presented the pool committee report in the absence of Commissioner Christopher Bates, who chairs it. The report identified the week of the meeting as the last of the 2026 season, with the pool closing at the end of business Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.

The Litchfield Fire Department’s dive team will use the pool from Aug. 10 through Aug. 14, 2026, for training, after the public season ends.

The high dive is no longer usable due to a recent break, according to the report, and it will be either removed or replaced. Discussion commenced regarding possible alternatives to a high dive replacement, including the addition of a slide.

No Decision, No Figures

The board made no motion on the high dive and took no vote. That leaves both the question of removal versus replacement and the slide idea open, with no timeline recorded for a decision and no indication of when either option would be presented to the board with costs attached.

The minutes contain no dollar figures anywhere in the pool report — no cost to remove the high dive, no cost to replace it, no estimate for a slide, and no figure for the repair that was evidently ruled out. They do not describe the nature of the break, when it occurred, whether the high dive was closed to swimmers for part of the 2026 season, or whether the break affected pool operations.

The record also does not state attendance, revenue or expenses for the season now ending, and the pool report contains no season-in-review figures of the kind that would let readers judge how the summer went.

The minutes refer throughout to “the pool” and do not name the facility.

Because a decision on the high dive will shape what swimmers find when the pool reopens, the next several months of park board agendas are where that question will be settled. The board’s next regular meeting is set for Sept. 2, 2026, when the district’s audit review is also scheduled.