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Chaffee County approves airport fuel‑farm change order and award for fueling equipment
Summary
The Chaffee County commissioners approved a change order with Pyramid Construction for airport civil/site work and awarded a contract to American Environmental Aviation to provide fueling components and installation for a new airport fuel farm. Staff said the combined cost aligns with earlier estimates; transcript contains two different reported change‑order figures.
Chaffee County commissioners voted to approve a civil work change order and a contract award to complete a new fueling facility at the county airport.
Airport staff member Zach told the board the project’s initial bids were higher than expected, prompting staff to negotiate a change order for site/civil work with Pyramid Construction and to seek a fueling‑system supplier. He said the fueling‑system design proposal from American Environmental Aviation came in at about $2,185,000 versus an earlier staff estimate of roughly $2,800,000, putting total expected costs close to prior estimates for the project. “We did the design work all last year…we put the project out to bid in early February and got some really high numbers back,” Zach said, and described the change to a Pyramid contract as a way to move the work forward.
Commissioners moved to approve the Pyramid change order and separately moved to authorize the county to enter a contract with American Environmental Aviation for fuel‑farm components and installation. The motions were seconded and approved by voice vote.
The transcript records two different figures for the Pyramid change order in separate places: an early staff figure of $605,009.33 and a later motion that recited the amount as $605,933.65. Because the record contains both numbers, the board packet and the official contract documents should be checked for the authoritative final amount. Staff noted the contractor will handle state permitting and that the new tanks are double‑walled with interstitial leak detection; plans call for later budgeting for removal of old below‑ground tanks if mitigation is necessary.
Staff said the airport presentation will also go before the Salida City Council on July 1 and that airport staff will present more details to the city on June 30. Next steps for the county include execution of the Pyramid change order, execution of the contract with American Environmental Aviation, and coordination on permitting and commissioning the new system.
