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Council approves consent agenda including FAA grant adjustment, Byrne grant investigator, ERP funds and construction contracts
Summary
The Wasilla City Council approved the consent agenda, which included budget changes for a Federal Aviation Administration grant for taxiway work, an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant investigator position, ERP implementation funding, a historic‑preservation MOA concurrence, and several construction contract awards.
The Wasilla City Council approved the consent agenda without objection, taking a series of budget and contract actions the council had recommended for routine approval.
Items approved included: • Ordinance Serial No. 2530: Accept and appropriate an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant not to exceed $161,940 to fund one multi‑jurisdictional drug task force investigator position assigned to the Wasilla Police Department. • Ordinance Serial No. 2532: Amend the FY 2026 budget to reduce the prior $12,000,000 Federal Aviation Administration appropriation to the actual FAA award of $7,244,697 for Taxiway K and related improvements at the Wasilla Municipal Airport. • Ordinance Serial No. 2534: Amend the FY 2026 budget by appropriating $560,000 from the general fund balance to fund consulting support and project management for the city's new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. • Resolution Serial No. 2532: Council concurred in the memorandum of agreement between the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer regarding the Wasilla Main Street rehabilitation project. • Contract awards: NoDAC Electric — $39,014 for park Christmas lighting; North Star Roofing — $50,625 for road shop roof restoration; HDL Engineering — task order amendment $1,455,704 for construction administration services related to Taxiway K.
Council member Crafton moved to approve the consent agenda; Council member Rubio seconded. The mayor called for objections; none were raised and the consent agenda was approved as read. Council members discussed some items in later comments but took no separate votes on the individual consent items during the session.
