Brook Park City Council on Tuesday approved a package of contracts to restore the city’s natatorium and separately authorized painting work for the natatorium, the building department and a pump station.

The council voted to let Mayor Orcutt sign contracts for pool mechanical and plumbing work with T. H. Martin and Metropolitan Pool and to have Brewer Garrett administer project management and energy‑savings work. In a related vote the council approved an ordinance authorizing Frank Novak & Sons to paint the interior natatorium, the exterior building‑department façade and a pump station, not to exceed $100,000 in total from identified city funds.

Mayor Orcutt said the pool restoration has been under planning for several budgets and that the package restores mechanical systems, piping, boilers and filtration. “We are building the system with redundancy,” he said, noting Metropolitan Pool will replace damaged suction and discharge piping and install two boilers and a secondary pump. The city expects guaranteed annual energy savings of $57,395 from the combined efficiency upgrades, a figure shown in the contract exhibits and cited at the meeting.

Council members debated adding Brewer Garrett by name to the authorizing section so the ordinance would clearly state that Brewer Garrett will “administer project management and energy savings.” Council approved that amendment before adopting the main order. Service Director Brian Beyer and the mayor said the contract and pre‑construction coordination will be used to sequence work so painting, new ductwork and mechanical installations do not conflict.

Separately, the council adopted an ordinance to hire Frank Novak & Sons after staff presented competing bids. Exhibits in the legislation showed Frank Novak’s lowest bid for the natatorium paint at $76,861 and a Brook Park Building Department bid of $11,461; city staff said the three funding lines in the ordinance will cover the work up to the $100,000 cap. City staff told council the contractor included man‑lift use and that scaffolding costs would be rare; the service director said contractors had inspected the natatorium and did not indicate inaccessible ceiling areas.

The council placed both measures on the council agenda on Tuesday and adopted them under suspension of the rules. Council also directed staff to hold a pre‑construction meeting to coordinate the work and the sequence of ductwork, mechanical and painting work.