(KLZA)-- Like many of the area communities, the Pawnee City swimming pool will be opening up May 27th, the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.

The pool will close for the season on August 13th to allow the long-awaited pool renovation project to begin. 

City Clerk Tammy Stephens says bids for the work will be accepted beginning this week.  Bids will be opened July 11th.  Work can start August 15th with a completion date of May 1, 2018. 

Pawnee City will use a matching grant from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to pay for the work which is anticipated to cost in the neighborhood of $170-thousand.