Eudora residents Tuesday voted against building a new $2.25 million city pool.

A total of 367 voters said “no” to the pool, while 303 voted in favor of it, according to officials in the Douglas County Clerk’s Office. Officials estimated turnout for the special election at 25 percent.

At issue was whether the city should be allowed to borrow as much as $2.25 million to build a new pool, and whether the city should impose a half-cent citywide sales tax to pay off about half of the debt.

City Councilman Don Durkin, who supported the new swimming pool, said he was surprised more people didn’t vote.

“I don’t know what we’ll do now, if anything,” he said. “The pool is in bad shape. I’m sure the council will discuss it sometime.”

The city’s pool plan called for a water slide about three stories high, six lap lanes, a zero-depth entry area, spray toys and a diving well with two boards. The pool’s length would have been reduced from 25 meters to 25 yards, and the new bath house also would have been smaller.

The pool question was the only one on the ballot. In April, the city separated the sales tax and bond issues as two questions on the ballot.

At that time, voters approved the sales tax but rejected the bond issue.

Had voters approved Tuesday’s proposal, the cost would have been paid off in 20 years, City Administrator Mike Yanez said. It would have added about $4.40 to the levy on a $140,000 house; that levy would probably decline as Eudora grows and adds to its tax base, he said.

Durkin said he had not known of any organized opposition to the pool issue.

“We felt it was an important issue,” he said. “We thought maybe the people didn’t have enough information, and we wanted to make sure they had that information.”