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Contractor Wiley Hicks, Jr., Inc. reports the pool about 30 percent complete
KFDA reported construction began in October 2020 with general contractor Wiley Hicks, Jr., Inc. and a Parkhill project manager, about 30 workers on site daily, and the project about 30 percent complete. Mayor Ginger Nelson called it a quality-of-life benefit.[1]
Ginger NelsonMichael KashubaWiley Hicks, Jr., Inc.Parkhill (formerly Parkhill, Smith & Cooper)
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Michael Kashuba, Director of Parks and Recreation: Parks and Recreation Director Michael Kashuba said survey respondents (more than 1,400) wanted a lazy river and did not want lap swimming: "The number one thing the community did not want was lap swimming."[1]
- Survey responses
- 1,400
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Wiley Hicks, president, Wiley Hicks, Jr., Inc.: KFDA identified the general contractor as Wiley Hicks, Jr., Inc., whose president Wiley Hicks said in January 2021 the project was "probably 30 percent complete"; a Parkhill landscape architect served as project manager.[1]
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Mayor Ginger Nelson: Mayor Ginger Nelson said the pool "will be fun and a quality-of-life benefit for the citizens in Amarillo."[1]
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The City's check register records $6,029,336.61 in 61 payments to Wiley Hicks Jr Inc between 2022-08-22 and 2026-05-07. The register begins in July 2022, after the pool opened, so it does not show the 2020-21 pool construction payments, and it does not identify the project each payment funded.[2]
- Total
- $6,029,337
- Payments
- 61