He studied them carefully.
The proposed repairs involved replacing outdated components, addressing a circulation deficiency, and completing necessary safety testing.
The original engineering scope was reasonable.
Several contractors had provided estimates.
Yet the project sat unresolved for months.
During that time, the president organized fundraising events supposedly intended to help reopen the community pool.
Some homeowners donated generously.
A retired couple contributed five hundred dollars.
A young family donated through a school-sponsored neighborhood event.
Several residents purchased premium tickets to special gatherings advertised as benefiting the aquatic recreation fund.
The engineer examined those promotions.
He was struck by the emotional language.
Help restore summer memories.
Give our children their pool back.
Support community wellness.
The campaigns used photographs of smiling children near swimming pools.
They promised progress.
But the community pool remained closed.
Meanwhile, selected guests were being invited into his backyard.
He compared the dates.
The paid private gatherings seemed to occur most often on nights when the president believed he was away.
Business conferences.
Weekends when his daughter stayed with her grandmother.
One event even coincided with the anniversary of his wife's death, when he and his daughter had visited relatives overnight.
The engineer stared at that date for a long time.
He remembered the trip.
The flowers they carried to the memorial site.
The way his daughter cried in the car.
And while they were gone, strangers apparently entered the private pool where his wife had once taught their child to swim.
He closed the laptop.
For several minutes, he sat in silence.
Then he looked toward the treasurer.
"I want the full record."
The older man nodded.
"Me too."
The engineer took a slow breath.
"But we need to handle this correctly."
The treasurer looked toward him.
He continued.
"Don't give me anything you're not authorized to share. Get independent advice. Preserve the records you are responsible for keeping."