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Council weighs engineering contracts for Mount Laurel and Blanche Avenue amid calls for public notice
Summary
Cleveland Heights City Council members discussed first‑reading resolutions authorizing engineering contracts for Mount Laurel Road and the Blanche Avenue extension and questioned whether the city had given residents adequate notice before committing to design work.
Cleveland Heights City Council members discussed first-reading resolutions authorizing engineering contracts for design work on Mount Laurel Road and the Blanche Avenue extension and questioned whether the city had given residents adequate notice before committing to design work.
The issue surfaced during the Committee of the Whole meeting May 19, when council considered two first‑reading resolutions to contract with the engineering firm GPD for roadway design. Council members said GPD has a narrow window of available manpower and that delaying the award could push the work off the current season.
Councilman Cobb raised a policy question about recurring reliance on outside firms, asking whether the city should hire a staff engineer to reduce…
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