The Dearborn City Council on Monday is expected to officially approve a plan to extend public swimming at Crowley Pool for an additional two weeks, a decision that could cost the city as much as $4,500, according to one city official.

The measure was approved at a council committee meeting Thursday evening and will become official during a vote at Monday’s meeting.

The Save our Pools neighborhood group that organized to save Crowley and five other neighborhood pools (Summer Stephens, Ten Eyck, Whitmore, Lapeer & Hemlock), was again the driving force to convince Council to keep Crowley open for an additional two weeks. Historically, the city has only kept Levagood and Ford Woods open until Labor Day.

While the city needs to do some fiscal belt tightening this year, this was one check approval elected officials weren’t going to deny.