The city cut a deal earlier this week to give lifeguards a big pay raise, but it may not be enough to keep the beaches and pools fully staffed.
, which starts when the city’s beaches open on Memorial Day weekend. Outdoor public swimming pools open in late June.
The number is still well short of the 1,400 lifeguards that Donoghue said she would like to employ. If the city can’t employ at least 900 lifeguards, she said cuts to programming at the city’s pools could be necessary. Having a reduced number of lifeguards like last summer means the possibility of cutting swim programs like senior swim, water aerobics and lap swim hours, Donoghue said.
The ongoing staffing shortage has persisted since last year, when the city offered a temporary 22% pay bump to $19.46 an hour to lure more candidates. The parks department has also reformed the, which a city watchdog has called “unfair" and opaque. The city now uses a new 45-second cutoff on the test, up from the previous requirement of 35 seconds.
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