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County manager: emergency management/aviation terminal project stalled by aviation issues; staff to seek alternate sites
Summary
County Manager/County Attorney Curtis Potter told commissioners the joint emergency management and aviation terminal project has $3.2 million in SCIF funding and $1 million local funds but is encountering aviation-related roadblocks; the board authorized staff to work with the Facilities Committee to find alternative sites.
County Manager and County Attorney Curtis Potter told the Washington County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 2 that the Emergency Management/Government Center, which includes a joint emergency management and aviation terminal, is the county's second-largest capital project and currently has $3.2 million in SCIF funding plus $1 million in local funding.
"This has moved slowly due to the PK-12 school project. We are now trying to catch up on this project; however, we are running into roadblocks from the aviation side," Potter said. He asked the board to authorize staff and the advisory Facilities Committee to explore alternative sites so the project can move forward; the board agreed to have staff return with recommendations at a future meeting.
Potter said discussions with commissioners Spruill and Keyes had already taken place and that the county may need to approach the project from a different direction to address aviation constraints. No formal site selection or construction action was taken at the Oct. 2 meeting.
