Crescent City reallocates funds for pool repairs, directs staff to bid replacement roof estimated at ~$260,000

The Crescent City Council voted to approve a midyear budget reallocation for pool repairs and gave staff consensus to advertise a public bid to replace the roof on the Fred Ender municipal pool building.

Public Works Director David Yeager reviewed work completed since the pool closed in December and identified unexpected costs. "The HVAC work is basically overbudget by about $4,000," Yeager said, and he noted a $51,000 change order for siding and roughly $37,000 for a new tankless propane water heating system with storage. Yeager said the new water-heating system should pay for itself in about four years based on estimated annual savings of roughly $10,800.

Yeager described rot discovered in shower walls that led to additional flooring work and a revised epoxy/flake coating system. He said the city’s maintenance contingency remains but that staff was asking to move a portion of maintenance funds into the capital-improvement account to cover final invoices. "We have $38,000 of contingency remaining," Yeager said; council approved moving $10,000 of that into the capital fund to cover outstanding capital invoices related to the HVAC and specialty flooring contracts.

Yeager and city staff also reported a separate but related problem: the pool roof has sustained ongoing water infiltration and damage that staff attributes to many small roof punctures, seagull damage and sand/membrane erosion. The city obtained a local contractor’s estimate and described a likely replacement strategy: remove existing roofing and sheathing where damaged and install a standing-seam metal roof. Yeager said a preliminary estimate for a full replacement, including sheathing replacement where required, is about $240,000–$260,000; the figure includes a rough $20,000 estimate for sheathing replacement where approximately 70% of sheeting looks compromised.

Staff asked the council to authorize preparing bid documents and to proceed with public solicitation if the council supported that step. Councilmembers asked timing and logistics questions: staff said it will take several weeks to finalize specifications and a standard 4–6 week bid and bonding period is typical; staff estimated the earliest on-site work would be in May and emphasized the roof work requires a window of good weather and that full sheathing replacement could force a roughly two-week closure of the pool while demolition and replacement occur. City Manager Weir noted that if sheathing must be removed work cannot be staged without creating exposure for people below.

The council approved Resolution 2025-06 amending the FY 2024–25 budget to reallocate existing contingency funds (roll-call vote: Dooley: yes; Greenough: yes; Tinkler: yes; Wright: yes; Altman: yes) and gave staff consensus direction to advertise the roof replacement for public bid. Yeager said staff will aim to have contract documents prepared within roughly one to two weeks, then post and run a standard bid period; given bonding and schedule needs, he said May is the earliest likely start for replacement work. Yeager also reported the pool floor, HVAC and other maintenance contracts are complete or near completion and that the pool has been refilled; boilers were still awaiting a part needed to fire the system and staff projected a public reopening/celebration for March 22 if parts and testing proceed as planned.

No additional appropriation was requested in the council motion; staff moved existing funds between accounts to cover final invoices and to create a capital fund line for the roofing contract prior to bidding.