The warm summer days will soon be upon and planning is underway in a DeWitt County community for its city pool.

Farmer City Administrator Sue McLaughlin already has the summer on her mind as she makes preparations for the summer at the community pool. Top of mind right now is getting lifeguards to staff the pool for the summer.

Two summers ago, the Farmer City pool never opened because they struggled to find lifeguards to staff the facility consistently. McLaughlin says they learned to begin that process earlier and it helped last year and indicates this year has been even better.

McLaughlin points out, the pool usually opens Memorial Day Weekend and then they try to make it to Labor Day but she says with most of their lifeguards being college students, they find staffing difficult once kids head to college for the fall.

cityoffarmercity.org has applications for lifeguards this summer. McLaughlin reminds they plan to do training during spring break for Blue Ridge and Clinton Schools March 25-29.