A Colfax parks district

The city of Colfax wants to establish a new parks district. The city parks and pool are currently the responsibility of the city.

The proposed change would put the parks and pool in a new taxing district with its own board and financing.

This is a new approach to funding and maintaining the city parks. Also new is the idea that the district itself could match the Colfax School District boundaries and not just the city’s.

One impetus for the effort to form the district as a separate entity from the city is the age and deterioration of the city pool. It is in need of extensive repairs or even a...