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Council to accept FAA design grant for Taxiway Alpha; request to waive second reading approved by consent
Summary
The council received a recommendation to accept a roughly $480,853 FAA grant for initial design work on Taxiway Alpha, with matching commitments of about $12,654 from state and airport funds; members agreed to seek expedited approval and to waive a second reading by unanimous consent.
An airport official recommended that the council accept and appropriate an FAA grant to fund the initial design phase for rehabilitation of Taxiway Alpha and asked the council to waive a second reading so the city could meet a federal contract-signing deadline.
The official said the FAA grant amount was "about 480,853 dollars from the FAA," and that roughly $12,654 would come from the state and an identical $12,654 would be the airport's match, as stated during the committee discussion.
Committee members discussed timing and the need to expedite acceptance. The airport representative explained that the FAA's award timetable and contract deadlines required the city to act quickly to receive the grant and sign the agreement by July 28.
A motion to add the item to the agenda and to seek waivers was entertained; when asked if there were objections to waiving two readings, councilors responded "No," and the item proceeded by unanimous consent in committee. Council staff said the appropriation will appear on the formal agenda with a request to waive the second reading and that signature on the grant contract must occur by the stated federal deadline.
No final appropriation ordinance was adopted at the workshop; the committee action was to recommend acceptance and to ask the full council to waive the second reading on the appropriation so staff can execute the grant contract on the FAA timetable.
