Fort Dodge voters have narrowly approved a $9 million aquatic center. Just over 61 percent of the vote came in for the bond issue ( a super-majority of 60 percent was needed), reports The Fort Dodge Messenger:

Tuesday’s vote allows the city government to borrow up to $8.95 million to pay for the center, demolishing Expo Pool and creating a new park next to the center.

That debt would be paid off with property tax revenue. Retiring that debt is estimated to cost the owner of an average Fort Dodge home valued at $70,000 about $43 annually.

The center will be built on about 23 acres of land donated by Tom and Norma Schmoker, of Fort Dodge, near the intersection of 32nd Street and 10th Avenue North.