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Council advances airport terminal FAA grant, approves police pay ordinance and refers Primex abatement request
Summary
On Jan. 5 the Richmond Common Council advanced a $1.4 million FAA grant application for a new airport terminal (local match $35,000) to second reading and approved a police compensation ordinance; it also introduced donations ordinances for police and fire and referred a five-year Primex Plastics tax-abatement request for further review.
The Richmond Common Council on Jan. 5 moved several ordinances through introductory steps and approved measures affecting airport funding, public-safety pay and economic incentives.
Airport grant: Rodney Mays, airport manager, presented Ordinance 4-20-26, a competitive FAA BIL grant application requesting $1,400,000 for construction of a new terminal. Mays said the grant would cover 95% of the project, with 2.5% from the state and a 2.5% local match of $35,000 drawn from airport funds. Council cited tight FAA…
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