The building's doors were closed permanently at the end of June and in a tied vote in August, a motion to put the Y building and Natatorium up together for a request for proposal sale was defeated in City Council chambers.

Although the City will now remain in ownership of the building, according to the City's submitted 2020 preliminary budget, funding has not been allocated for its maintenance.

During budget deliberations in City Council chambers Nov. 27, at least two councillors expressed concern over a growing number of break-ins reported from the vacant building. 

"I really don't think that we are doing our community or Crescent Park any favours by leaving that out of our budget," said Councillor Heather Eby. "We all remember what Providence Hospital was when it was left vacant for all those years. Things had happened in there and the state of repair that that building ended up in was deplorable and despicable and I do not want to see that happen."

Although it isn't obvious from the outside of the building, Derek Blais, director of parks and recreation, said the damage inside the building is extensive.

"We've had a few break-ins; the last one was fairly extensive. Broken mirrors, windows, things like that."

From the outside of the building, there appears only to be a small amount of graffiti on the rear (north) side of the building and a broken lock.

"As we build these buildings," said Councillor Dawn Luhning, "it is forgotten that we have to operate them and maintain them. We need to make an effort to keep the buildings up to par and if we don't, which we're not doing, we are shooting ourselves in the foot."

For now, the City will retain ownership responsibilities of the building. Its demolition has been estimated at $295,000.