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Council approves applications for FAA Airport Improvement grants; city share roughly $20,000
Summary
Council moved the airport rehabilitation ordinances to final reading and approved them; bids for proposed access road and parking rehabilitation came back at about $405,000–$406,000 and the local share is roughly $20,002.97, with an optional $15,072 alternate for additional parking work.
City Council approved ordinances authorizing the safety service director to apply for and accept Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant funds to rehabilitate access roads and parking areas at the Guardian Municipal Airport, with a modest local match.
City staff member Miss Ward told council the base bid for the access road and parking project came back at about $405,000–$406,000; under the proposed FAA Airport Improvement Program application the city’s local share would be $20,002.97. Ward noted a bid alternate for an adjacent parking area not covered by the grant that would add approximately $15,072 to the local contribution and said it would be prudent to do that work while equipment is mobilized.
Council suspended the rules and moved Ordinance 2025‑27 to a final reading and then passed it by roll call vote. Members present voted in favor on the motions to suspend rules and to pass the ordinance.
Council took the same procedural steps on the related ordinance 2025‑28, which is another grant application for airport improvements; that ordinance passed with council authorization to apply for and accept the funds, and the local share for that item was described as about $8,000 in the meeting discussion.
City staff said scheduling and budget timing could affect whether the alternate parking work is added this year; if construction moves forward sooner than anticipated, the city may need to amend the budget to include the alternate. Council members signaled support for adding the alternate while the contractor is mobilized but did not commit to the additional local appropriation at the meeting.
The ordinances were passed in concert with standard grant application procedures and will allow staff to submit the formal FAA applications and proceed to bidding and contract award if the grants are awarded.
