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Council advances multiple public‑works contracts and grants, including $1.277 million FAA grant
Summary
The committee moved several public‑works contracts and grants to the consent agenda, including change order #1 to Hawkeye Paving ($160,000), contract awards for neighborhood street preservation and alley programs (totaling several hundred thousand dollars), and a $1,277,272 FAA grant for taxiway reconstruction at Davenport Municipal Airport.
At the July 15 Committee of the Whole, Alderman Rick Dunn presented a package of public‑works items that the council moved to the consent agenda by voice vote. Key items in the package included:
• A proposed change order No. 1 in the amount of $160,000 to Hawkeye Paving Corporation for the Elmore Avenue / East Kimberly Road patching project.
• An award of the 2026 Neighborhood Street Preservation Program package B (thin lift west) to Taylor Ridge Paving and Construction in the amount of $541,957.
• An award of the 2026 roller compacted concrete alley program to Hawkeye Paving Corporation in the amount of $497,993.
• An award of Neighborhood Street Preservation Program package C (thin lift east) to Hawkeye Paving Corporation in the amount of $358,044.
• Authorization to execute a grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration for $1,277,272 for taxiway C reconstruction at the Davenport Municipal Airport.
• Approval of an Iowa DNR Urban Forestry Grant through the Scott County Watershed program for $50,000 for Goose Creek Park environmental restoration.
• Authorization to submit a U.S. Department of Homeland Security pre‑disaster mitigation (congressionally directed spending) grant application for Northern Lehi flood mitigation at the water pollution control plant (amount not specified in committee discussion).
Alderman Vasquez moved to place the public works items on the consent agenda; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
