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FAA and federal grants bring $6.7 million to Prescott Airport; city match $170,000 approved
Summary
Council approved consent acceptance of four federal aviation grants totaling $6,700,000 for land acquisition, runway electrical work and hangar development; city matching funds were $170,000. Council emphasized federal grant strategy and budgeting procedures.
The Prescott City Council on June 24 approved consent-item 8e to accept four federal aviation grants for the Prescott Airport totaling $6,700,000 and authorized the city match of $170,000.
Mayor Jerry Goode summarized the grants in council discussion: $3,000,000 for phase 1 land acquisition; $1,000,000 for an additional land-acquisition phase; $856,000 for runway electrical improvements; and $1,660,000 for hangar development phase 1. The mayor said those awards totaled $6,700,000 in federal funds and that the city's required match was $170,000.
Goode told council the grants help strengthen the airport's operations for commercial and general aviation and emphasized the airport's role in wildfire-response operations. He said the city and the manager were pursuing more federal grant opportunities and noted that budgeting for potential grants requires anticipating receipts and including them in the adopted budget so the city can spend funds if they are awarded.
Council voted 7-0 to approve the consent-item acceptance and the related budgetary actions required to accept the grants.
"The amount of funding that comes into the airport to improve its operations ... and the ability for our airport to be the primary wildfire fighting airport in all of Northern Arizona is so incredibly important," Mayor Goode said in the meeting.
