Grove Council authorizes FAA grant application, awards airport perimeter fence bid and approves Olsson consulting amendment

The Grove City Council on July 1 authorized Mayor Ed Trumbull to apply for and accept a Federal Aviation Administration grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Airport Infrastructure Grant (IIJA_AIG) program (Project No. 3-40-0035-026-2025), and approved related construction and consulting actions for Grove Regional Airport. The motions passed unanimously, 4-0. The council also awarded the contract to install a perimeter fence and gates at the Grove Regional Airport and approved Amendment No. 1 to an agreement for consulting services with Olsson, Inc. covering construction-phase and close-out-phase services. The FAA grant authorization instructs the mayor and city attorney to sign and accept the forthcoming FAA grant offer for the identified project. The council made the approvals by motions from Councilmember Ivan Devitt, seconded by Councilmember Marty Dyer; votes were recorded in favor by Mayor Ed Trumbull and Councilmembers Peggy Steed, Dyer and Devitt. Council minutes show no public comment on the airport items. The motion to award the perimeter fence and gates was presented as a bid award and carried 4-0. The council also approved Amendment No. 1 to Olsson, Inc.'s consulting-services agreement to cover construction-phase and close-out-phase work; that motion passed 4-0. The agenda item language ties the grant application to a specific FAA IIJA_AIG project number and authorizes the mayor and city attorney to execute the grant offer when it is issued. The record does not include contractor names for the awarded fence work nor contract amounts in the minutes. The council took the actions during the regular meeting and did not attach conditions or additional directives to staff in the minutes. The meeting adjourned at 5:07 p.m.