NORWICH – With the end of summer right around the corner, coordinators at the Kurt Beyer Pool are reviewing information and survey data collected for the consideration of changes at the pool next year, which include a possible user fee for swimmers.

Although a charge wouldn’t completely support the facility, the city is seeking extra revenue to offset some of the expenses of maintaining the pool and setting money aside for inevitable repairs further down the road. Since the pool reopened at the beginning of the year, city employees have been surveying how many people use it and what township they’re from. It is part of an effort to decide if a charge for pool use should be implemented and if so, what the cost should be and how it should be collected.

Currently, the Towns of Norwich, North Norwich, Plymouth, Preston and Pharsalia contract with the city for summertime youth bureau services such as swim teams and lessons, sports and summer trips. But open swim is not factored in to that charge, explained Robert Mason, director of the Norwich City Youth Bureau.