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Engineer outlines 2025 capital projects, while mayor declines to discuss administrative budgets
Summary
City Engineer Brenda Mockbee reviewed potential 2025 projects — pavement rating, traffic‑circle studies, a Washington Boulevard all‑purpose trail, and possible Cleveland Water water‑main work — while Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan said communications and housing staff were not prepared to discuss their items and asked to defer.
City Engineer Brenda Mockbee presented several potential capital projects in the 2025 budget packet and discussed timing and funding sources. Separately, the mayor said administrative department staff responsible for certain communications and housing projects were not prepared to discuss those items during the meeting and asked the committee to defer them to the next session.
Mockbee said Warrensville Center Road resurfacing is not expected to impose a city cost in 2025 and will proceed in 2026. She described a Washington Boulevard all‑purpose trail — work she said has NOACA and state funding — and estimated the city’s design share at roughly 20% with $128,000 cited as the 20% design figure. She proposed a pavement‑rating study (PAVR) to guide resurfacing priorities with an initial price near $50,000 and recommended traffic‑circle studies at about $20,000 per intersection for three locations identified in council conversations.
On water infrastructure, Mockbee said Cleveland Water funding exists for a combined North Cliff/Saybrook water‑main effort; she is seeking an extension of an earlier grant offer and cautioned the city could be responsible for any costs above Cleveland Water’s cap. She put two sewer repairs into the 2025 plan with a construction placeholder of approximately $700,000.
When the committee moved to administrative budgets for communications and civic engagement, Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan said those department leads had not been asked to attend and he was not prepared to discuss the items that evening. Mrs. Weiss asked that the appropriate staff — including the mayor’s special‑projects aide and housing department staff — be present at the Dec. 11 follow‑up meeting and asked Finance Director Dennis Kennedy to circulate updated backup materials.
The committee did not take action on any capital projects during the meeting; Mockbee said she would seek clarifications on funding shares and timing and return with more precise figures.
