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Rochester Hills approves series of purchases and park projects, including Spencer Park dock expansion
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting the council unanimously approved multiple purchase authorizations and contract awards: EMS billing increase ($70,000), MDC modems ($26,462), pipeline condition assessment (~$181,600), high‑speed garage doors (~$155,600), Bridal Park locker room renovation (~$208,517) and the Spencer Park dock expansion and kayak launch with construction and engineering contracts totaling about $1.33 million and $176,020 respectively.
Rochester Hills City Council approved a package of contract and purchase authorizations on Sept. 8 covering public safety services, infrastructure testing, facility improvements and park projects.
Key approvals included an increase to the EMS billing services blanket purchase order (EMS Management & Consultants) by $70,000, bringing the not‑to‑exceed to $273,000 through Dec. 31, 2025; purchase of 20 mobile data computer modems for fire apparatus from CDW‑G for $26,462; and a pipeline condition assessment contract with Superior Excavating for a total not‑to‑exceed of $181,600.38 under the city's DWAM grant work.
Facilities and parks actions approved by unanimous vote included a not‑to‑exceed $155,607.28 budget to install three high‑speed fabric doors in the DPS parking garage, a locker room renovation at Borden Park with a $208,516.96 not‑to‑exceed amount (Lang Constructors), and a Spencer Park dock expansion and public kayak launch with construction awarded to Warren Contractors & Development Inc. (total not‑to‑exceed $1,330,607.25 including contingency) and engineering services to Nowak & Prowse (not‑to‑exceed $176,020).
Council members asked clarifying questions about timing, contingency percentages and resident notifications for work in rights of way; staff responded that most excavation for pipeline testing would be single‑day operations with minimal resident impact. All measures passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
