Council approves GDOT-funded airport electrical and taxiway projects, including $1.74 million construction contract

The Dalton City Council approved a series of airport projects June 2 that city staff said are funded by Georgia Department of Transportation grant contract number 49.

City staff described an anticipated change order to correct an equipment specification on the electrical rehab project (replacing a two-light PAPI with a four-light unit) and said the $50,000 change order was included in project funding. Council approved the change order for TCA Contractors Inc. and also approved two construction-phase services orders to Kimley-Horn for inspection and administration during the electrical and taxiway contracts.

The council also approved a competitive construction contract award for taxiway rehabilitation to C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc., for $1,737,005.74, the low bid on the project. Staff said the work includes a full overlay of the taxiway and connectors, relocation of one connector and the addition of taxiway fillets to accommodate larger aircraft. City staff said all these items are covered by the GDOT grant previously approved by the council.

All four airport-related agenda items were presented as part of the GDOT grant package and were approved by motion and vote. City staff said the electrical change order and construction oversight fees were covered within the grant budget and that the change order addressed a planning document error rather than a scope expansion.

City staff did not present other local funding requirements at the meeting; staff said funding for the items comes from the GDOT contract included in prior council action.