The council considered two capital and renovation items: a construction award recommendation for the Laurel Park pump station elimination project and a change-order request for the Rocky River Clubhouse renovation.

Jackie, the city's engineering director, recommended the Laurel Park pump station elimination contract be awarded to JD Goodrum Company, Inc. She described the project's expected duration (120 days) and noted the presentation text included a garbled contract amount phrasing in the transcript; staff answered neighborhood questions by explaining the project reduces routine maintenance trips and heavy equipment traffic in the area and that the project creates a simpler, lower-maintenance sewer system with an estimated payback of about 10 to 11 years.

On the Rocky River Clubhouse renovation, Jackie said the original contract amount was $879,000 (which included about $80,000 in contingency) and that additional conditions discovered in construction (termite damage, rotten wood, mold remediation and replacement of siding/doors/cupola work) require up to $250,000 in change-order authority. City staff and leadership emphasized that the original contract and the requested change order would be paid from the golf-course enterprise retained earnings (restricted reserves generated by the golf operation) and not from the city's general fund.

What happens next: council will consider authorization to negotiate and execute the pump station contract and to grant the clubhouse change-order authority at the regular meeting; staff will proceed with procurement and construction steps consistent with the council decision.