County nixing swimming pool payments

A decade-long controversy between Hill County and the city of Havre may be resurfacing.

County commissioners have notified the city that they will end the contract under which the county pays $20,000 for the operation of the swimming pool at the city hall complex.

Presently, the city pays $160,000 for the pool, the county contributes $20,000 and Havre Public Schools chips in $19,000.

Commission Chair Mike Wendland said the county didn’t want to exacerbate the sometimes tense relations with the city government but was forced to call off the deal because of fiscal concerns, he said.

“The fact is...