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Dalton council approves multiple airport projects, secures GDOT funds for hangars and lighting
Summary
Dalton City’s mayor and council on May 19 approved multiple contracts, change orders and state funding agreements to expand hangar capacity and rehabilitate airfield lighting and taxiways at Dalton Municipal Airport.
Dalton City’s mayor and council on May 19 approved several contracts, change orders and state funding agreements to expand hangar capacity and rehabilitate airfield lighting and taxiways at Dalton Municipal Airport.
City staff said the package includes a $13,018 change order to widen a new hangar door, ratification of an earlier runway change order that added safety striping, a GDOT supplement of $500,000 for a third hangar, a combined $881,000 in federal AIP funds and about $2 million in state airport-aid funds for taxiway and electrical work, a construction contract with TCA Contractors Inc. for the electrical rehab, and a GDOT funding contract of up to $900,000 for MALSR approach-light rehabilitation (local share estimated at $150,000 and capped at $300,000).
The council voted to approve each item with motions and seconds; no roll-call counts were read into the record.
City staff described the work as both corrective and preventive. “This is a critical component for safe landings at the airport in inclement weather,” a city staff presenter said when describing the MALSR approach-light system, later noting the local cost “will come at a local cost of about a hundred and $50,000.” The presenter also said several strobing approach lights are nonfunctioning.
On the hangar development, staff said change order number 2 increases the building width by two feet to meet a door manufacturer’s opening requirement and adds additional contractor insurance, for a net cost of $13,018 (partially offset by prior savings). The council ratified change order number 4 for the runway rehab, described as adding safety striping; staff said the runway rehab project came in about $1 million under budget.
The council approved a supplemental agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to provide an additional $500,000 requested for the third hangar, funded through the amended FY25 state airport aid budget. Separately, the council approved a GDOT funding contract that pairs $881,000 in federal AIP funds with just over $2,000,000 in state airport-aid funds to pay for taxiway rehabilitation and replacement of airfield lighting and electrical components.
TCA Contractors Inc. was awarded the contract to complete the electrical rehab, which staff said will replace existing components with LED technology.
City staff projected the MALSR/approach-light work would likely be completed in spring or early summer of next year, citing long lead times for equipment. Staff also noted that the GDOT funding contract for the MALSR was written for up to $900,000 because the state needed to obligate amended FY25 funds; staff said the actual cost should be lower and that the city’s share is expected to be about $150,000 unless the project used the full award, in which case the city’s capped share would be $300,000.
No substantive public comment was recorded on the airport items during the meeting. The council did not attach additional conditions to the contracts beyond standard procurement and state grant terms.
The airport projects are funded primarily through GDOT state airport aid, federal AIP funds, and the city’s projected local shares; staff said some costs are covered by savings on other airport bids and prior change-order credits.
