TEHACHAPI, Calif. -- Tehachapi High School’s swim team was unsure whether or not they would have a season after the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District said it didn’t have enough money to open and operate the community pool.

However, during an emergency board meeting Thursday night, the swim team got some good news when the board voted unanimously to reopen the community pool after the city, county and community rallied together.

But just because the pool will be reopened doesn’t mean the controversy is over. Disagreement remained over how much it actually costs to operate the pool.

Mary Beth Garrison, the special projects manager for Kern County's 2nd District said, “No one trusts that numbers given are actually true, are valid. It could be more for all we know, it could be less.”

Bobbi Farewell, a Tehachapi high parent, said, "It is a very large frustration to have someone running a facility in their district that has no idea what it costs.”

But TVRPD Director Gary Opfermann said they do know what it costs.

“We do know what it costs. Where they are coming from is they do not know the numbers. We run the pool, we know what the numbers are, we know what the bills are," said Opfermann.

But then Opfermann admits they don’t have current numbers.

“It’s a guessing game. We will know this year exactly what the numbers are for heating, electricity, gas, operational costs, maintenance, all of that,” said Opfermann.

The city, county and community have rallied together to figure out how to get the pool re-opened, and Opfermann said this is the first time they have all come together.

“It’s taken two years to get to this point where everyone is pulling together.”

Opfermann even said they have asked the city for help before.

“I went to the city a couple of times, and asked them, 'Can you help us with this?' And their comment was, 'Well, we don’t have the money,'” said Opfermann.

But City Councilman Ed Grimes said Opfermann has never asked them for help when it comes to the pool.

“'So has he ever come to the city when it comes to the pool?' No, he never did," said Grimes.

And Garrison said the county never knew the pool was in jeopardy of not opening.

“As late as January, we were told no problem, the pool was going to open. The insurance money came through, it was repaired, and it’s never been in better shape," said Garrison.

And while the community won’t lose the pool, Garrison said the community has lost something else during this ordeal.

"At the core of this incident, trust has been lost. And it’s really important that TVRPD work hard to regain that trust," said Garrison.

According to TVRPD the pool with the help of the city, county and community will be reopened on Feb. 15, and they are even working on getting grants to rehab the old pool.

But only time will tell if this issue is resolved for now or for good.