JEFFERSON TWP -- The township tabled a decision to appropriate more than $601,000 in additional funds to the renovation of SEBCO Pool, the annual summer hot spot which serves the southeastern portion of Butler County.

The decision Monday, Dec. 8, came after township manager Leo Rosenbauer revealed that bids for the long-awaited total renovation of the pool had once again exceeded the amount the township had budgeted for the project. The lowest bids for all three components for the project — construction, plumbing, and electrical — add up to $2,701,080, exceeding the township’s budgeted amount of $2.1 million.

Should the township decide to appropriate additional money to the pool renovation, it would not require a last-minute raising of taxes. Instead, the plan is for the township to use

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