At its Nov. 10 meeting the Fairhope City Council cleared a series of agenda items covering procurement, staffing and community permits.

Key outcomes included:

- Well Number 8: Council rescinded a prior award (Resolution 5506-25) and authorized a rental submersible pump (estimated $1,000/week for about 25 weeks) while staff re-bids permanent replacement work.

- Geocon Engineering: Council approved a contract for concrete testing at the wastewater treatment plant with a not-to-exceed fee of $7,500.

- GMC Underground: Council authorized an annual on-call gas-department contract for general maintenance contractors (d/b/a GMC Underground) with an annual contract amount listed at $200,000.

- Fairhope Pool Rehabilitation: Council rejected all bids for the pool rehabilitation and authorized the mayor to negotiate with the single bidder to pursue value engineering under Alabama Code section 41-16-50.

- Dugout: The council approved an award for the home-team baseball dugout at Volanta Ballpark to RHD's Building Company (not to exceed $99,971) with funding transfers to meet timing needs.

- Staffing contracts: The council authorized an extension with Genesis Industrial Staffing for temporary employees (not-to-exceed $83,500 across several departments). One councilmember noted an abstention on this item due to private business dealings. The council also approved amendments to Long’s human-resources numbers (total $69,732.27 as presented).

- Grants and appointments: The council selected Grant Management LLC for grant-management services (fee to be negotiated) and approved multiple board reappointments and a restaurant and special-event liquor license for downtown businesses.

Several routine and procedural motions (noise variance for a rehearsal dinner, Rotary grill permission and special-event approvals for the tree-lighting) were approved as well. A city attorney letter requesting executive session on pending/potential litigation was read and the council recessed into executive session for approximately 60 minutes; no action was anticipated upon return.

Each contract and resolution was approved by the council as recorded in the meeting minutes, with motions and seconds recorded in the public minutes for Nov. 10.