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County to build four new county-owned hangars at Grants Pass airport using ARPA funds; contract awaiting signatures
Summary
County staff presented a contract with JJB Steel LLC to build four nested hangars at the county airport using ARPA funding. Staff said bids for six units exceeded available funding; the contract was forwarded to the board’s weekly business session for signatures and public briefing.
Josephine County staff told the Board of Commissioners that a construction contract with JJB Steel LLC is ready for signatures to build four county-owned nested hangars at the county airport, financed with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.
Director Dobbs presented the project as the airport’s first county-built hangars since the 1950s and said the county intends to rent the new units to airport users as a revenue source. “This is ARPA money,” Dobbs said, describing the funding source and the project’s place among other ARPA-supported county projects.
Project scope and budget: staff said the engineer originally designed six unit hangars and bidders were asked for base construction of four units plus additive alternates for a fifth and sixth hangar. Bid results exceeded available ARPA funding for six units, so the county plans to build four nested hangars now and retain the design allowances to add a fifth and sixth unit later if funds permit. The work includes site preparation, apron and tarmac to match existing taxiway access; staff estimated final completion likely within six months, weather permitting.
Process and next steps: Director Dobbs said the contract has contractor and staff signatures and legal review but requires commissioners’ signatures to advance permits and on-site work. The board asked that the airport director appear at the next weekly business session (WBS) to brief the public because the airport operates as an enterprise fund and community members may want to understand the project and expenditures.
ARPA accounting: county staff presented an ARPA quarterly summary showing $16,993,324 allocated and about $11.588 million spent across 44 selected projects; the hangar work is one of the open projects. Staff said most ARPA projects are wrapping up and that this airport project has a longer procurement timeline but remains on the county’s ARPA list.
Revenue and operations: Commissioners and staff discussed rental terms and the hangars’ upgraded features (automated doors and larger apron access). Staff said the new hangars will be more desirable than the county’s older hangar stock and are intended to generate revenue to help the airport remain self-supporting.
Ending: The board agreed to move the contract to the WBS for commissioner signatures and asked staff to give a public briefing at that meeting. Permitting and contracting signatures are the last administrative steps before site work begins.
