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County authorizes airport taxi-lane rehab and airfield lighting design ordinances pending outside funding
Summary
Montgomery County approved grant project ordinances and tentative contract authority for a taxi-lane rehabilitation and an airfield lighting design project at the county airport; both actions are explicitly contingent on receiving state and/or federal funds and will not proceed to construction without confirmed funding.
County staff presented two airport infrastructure items that the Board of Commissioners approved as grant project ordinances and tentative contract resolutions, with the caveat that construction or contract award will only proceed if state or federal funds are secured.
For the taxi-lane rehabilitation the county has completed design, received bids and seeks to approve a grant project ordinance and a tentative resolution to award a contract; staff emphasized the county would not execute the contract unless state funding is received and noted bids are generally valid for 90 days.
For the airfield lighting project staff described a design-phase effort to replace 20-year-old non-LED lighting. The board approved a project budget ordinance to account for incoming state and federal funds and was clear that any construction would depend on available construction funding in future years.
Commissioners approved both motions by voice vote and asked staff to proceed with grant accounting and conditional contracting pending confirmation of outside funds. The county noted some state and federal grant deadlines and the need to move quickly to retain funding opportunities.
