Swimming Pool

Recently I engaged in discussions with Mr Robert Moran, who runs Mi Sol Bar, these discussions concerned the administration and day to day running of the Swimming Pool. Attached is a provisional agreement I produced for transferring the day to day operation of the pool to Mr Moran. I must stress this is a provisional agreement, subject to Mi Sol Lawyers providing a legally binding document. I informed Pepe that I had reached agreement with Mr Moran and gave him a copy in Spanish. In order to avoid rumour and speculation, this information was not divulged to anyone else until the Committee meeting this morning. Mr Moran had been invited to the meeting and did attend.

The Committee were presented with this proposal which was accepted favourably by all present, however Committee member Mr Danny Cull said that Pepe and the Committee were not empowered to make this decision, which should be made by the Owners at an AGM. I asked him "why not " and where was his proof for making this statement?, after all we were not giving the Swimming Pool away, merely delegating responsibility for its administration to Mr Moran.

After several minutes of discussion, all agreed (including Mr Cull) that the agreement was in principle a good idea, although no actual vote was taken. Mr Moran explained, that he was in a very good position to control access to the pool and keep the hooligan element out, and that he would extend his present insurance policy to cover the Swimming Pool. He would ask the previous Gardener Juan to carry out the maintenance as he was familiar with this work.

After the meeting agreed to the proposal Pepe indicated that he would ask the Lawyers to draw up a suitable contract.

I pointed out that the pool needed some repairs to the tiles , Mr Moran indicated that he had treated around twenty casualties last year for injuries due to missing tiles, It was agreed the pool would be emptied, the tiles replaced by Juan Muñez, after the which the pool would be re-filled and the agreement with Mr Moran would come into force, subject to the agreement by a majority of Owners at the proposed EGM on May 4th 2007.

The pool still has a leak, which has been there for several years. Mr Moran was told that he would be responsible for replenishing the pool, which has a separate water meter.

For those of you who may have reservations about this agreement I would point out the advantages to all Owners on Mi Sol. The Community will save a considerable amount of money, by not having to pay for a Lifeguard/ticket collector, no money spent on chemicals or for someone to carry out the maintenance work, or for the cost of water to keep the pool topped up due to the leak. The most important aspect of this agreement is that liability is transferred to the Bar in respect of any claims that may be made by persons injured whilst using the pool.
The pool is likely to be kept open for use for much longer periods of the year than at present, and will be under the control of one person, so everyone knows where they stand.
All Owners will still use the pool at any time without charge. We are not giving the pool away, merely transferring the administration of it to Mr Moran

With regard to the leak, I remember some seven years ago, an engineer was employed to determine the cause of the leak, it was found to be a cracked pipe between the pump room and the pool. Pepe wanted the wall of the pool to be demolished and repairs effected, however I pointed out that the best and cheapest option would be for a steel sleeve to be inserted inside the offending pipe and welded at each end, no need for any demolition of the wall.
However the result is that nothing has been done about it and the pool continues to leak a considerable amount of water each day it is full.

At the open meeting in October 2006 the other faction pointed this out and complained about the cost of water the Community was having to pay due to this leak.