A motion will be put to a vote Monday that could pave the way for a large, two-part splash pad that they hope to have opened by summer.

A final presentation was delivered to the city’s council Monday night by a representative from J.A. Dawson Construction, the firm that would oversee the city installing the splash pad.

Springville has met with representatives in Gardendale and Midfield in the past few weeks, asking them how their large splash pad has affected their city.

Springville Mayor Butch Isley said that there are between three and four different sources of revenue the city can tap into to pay for the sectioned pad, including the sale of timber from the property where a new sports complex will be located.

The design shown to the council placed two distinct areas on the same recycled water system that would be separated by a pavilion in the middle.

Mayor Isley said that one of the concerns the city of Gardendale informed Springville of was having bigger kids “run over the little kids” while playing, so the separation was requested in the first design.

Another pavilion would be built on-site if the city approves the measure in a meeting Monday, Mayor Isley said.

Mayor Isley pointed out that renting the pavilions would be a revenue generator for years to come and help pay for maintenance at the site.

The 4 p.m. meeting on Jan. 10 was called in order to make up for not meeting the following Monday and so that the city would be able to install the pad in time for summer.

“I feel that if we want to be open by summer, we need to act soon,” Isley said.

Police station move

The current police station is to be moved while a metal building near one of the fire stations is re-erected for the city’s public works department, the council said Monday.

The mayor and council said they feel that the existing building can be dismantled moved with the oversight of a company that erects metal structures.

The city would then pour a slab for a new police station with the same company overseeing work at the site where the building currently sits.

The move was studied by a three-person committee and seen to be more cost effective than building a new structure or renovating an existing building in the city.

Councilman Hugh Marlin, an engineer by trade who sat on the panel, said using the existing structure for the public works department was an advantage, since it has large, open doors that could be committed to a variety of uses.

The feasibility and sequence has been studied for over a month. Mayor Isley said that the city would end up with a 25-by-50-foot building behind the post office and a new 6,000 square foot police facility when all is said and done.

The work is expected to take seven weeks to complete, though the time set to begin wasn’t set Monday.

The city has $182,335 in capital improvement money set aside. Furnishing the building will likely come from $15,251 Springville Police Dept. has in its narcotics fund and $6,600 in another account.