The city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will be asked Nov. 3 to sign off on fitness equipment for an employee workout room inside the city's new parks administration and maintenance building.
A vendor comparison in the board packet lists Marathon Fitness at $17,428.10, Fit Supply at $22,985.25 and Rouge at $22,994.50. The agenda item names Marathon Fitness.
In a memo to the board, Parks and Recreation Director Chase Bryant writes that the request does not seek new money. It would spend part of the furniture, fixtures and equipment allowance the City Council approved in April 2025, when it also hired Speed Fab-Crete as the building's design-build contractor.
Bryant says the fitness space, along with a room for nursing mothers and a storm shelter, appeared in the building layout shown to the council, and that the gym was not added later. Council approved the building's design-build concept in October 2024 and asked then that a planned restroom be turned into a certified storm shelter, the memo says.
Bryant argues the room supports the health, conditioning and safety of maintenance crews whose work is physically demanding.
Where the equipment budget stands
The packet lists $373,466.28 already spent from the allowance, including $137,907.50 for office furniture, breakroom and seating, $78,858.36 for audio-visual work, $74,305.10 for access control, cameras and wireless, $47,205.88 for shelving and workstations and $23,176.04 for network cabling. It shows $257,233.72 remaining.
Other updates on the agenda
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