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Newton County approves Strickland Airfield Services contracts, moves contingency funds for airport lighting and beacon
Summary
The county approved contracts with Strickland Airfield Services to replace aging runway lights and a rotating beacon damaged by lightning, authorized a reimbursable TxDOT grant claim, and approved a $100,000 contingency budget transfer to cover immediate costs.
Newton County Commissioners Court voted Feb. 10 to approve contracts with Strickland Airfield Services Incorporated to replace runway lighting and to purchase a new LED rotating beacon after the existing beacon was struck by lightning. The court also approved a $100,000 budget amendment moving contingency funds into the county airport fund to cover initial costs.
Court staff described the airport’s runway lights and beacon as original equipment — roughly 60 years old — and…
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