The Illinois Department of Public Health has put the final nail in Mt. Carmel’s City Pool. At Monday’s city council meeting, Mayor Joe Judge said an IDPH investigator visited the pool on Friday and his findings were as expected….

The city council is looking to replace the pool with a new $8.2 million aquatic center to be built on the pool’s current site on Park Road. City voters in November will decide on a property tax referendum to help fund a portion of the new pool…

And why go to referendum? Judge said it’s important for your voice to be heard on the issue…

Judge said the city is continuing to pursue grant opportunities as they arise and a naming rights campaign will look to help offset the difference between the project’s cost and the $3.5 million the referendum would bring in if approved.