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Muskogee council OKs FAA, state grant applications and construction contracts for airport runway rehab and new hangars
Summary
City staff won council approval to apply for a federal FAA grant (federal request $4,009,000) and a state ODAA grant ($105,500 match) to rehabilitate Runway 13/31, approved related engineering amendments, and awarded construction low bids pending federal/state concurrence.
City of Muskogee staff and councilors on July 13 authorized grant applications, engineering amendments and bid awards needed to rehabilitate Runway 13/31 at Muskogee Davis Regional Airport and to build three box hangars.
Airport director (identified in the record as "Mister Evans") told the council the runway rehabilitation project has a total cost described in the meeting as $4,220,000. Evans said the FAA was being asked to fund 95 percent of the runway project — a requested federal share of $4,009,000 — and that the city’s share would be 2.5 percent, or $105,500, to be paid from the 2019 CIP account. Council voted to authorize the city manager or designee to submit the FAA application and to accept the grant if awarded.
Staff also asked the council to apply for an Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) grant for the state match of $105,500 (project number MKO27AFS); council approved applying and accepting the state funds if awarded. The council approved an amendment to the city’s master agreement with Olsen Engineering for construction and close-out engineering services not to exceed $370,000 so the firm can proceed with work once the project and bids are finalized.
On the construction phase, Evans said five firms bid for the runway job and that Roscon LLC was the lowest responsive bidder at $3,842,442.99; the council approved awarding the bid pending FAA and ODAA concurrence and receipt of grants (the award is contingent on grant approvals). The minutes show roll-call approval.
On a separate but related package, Evans described a three-bay box hangar project the council authorized staff to seek FAA funding for and to pursue state match funding. Meeting remarks described the hangar project at roughly $2,355,000 in total; Evans said the city’s share would be about 11 percent and the state share about 40 percent (the state share was recorded in the meeting as $942,000). Council approved submitting an FAA grant application for the hangars, approved applying for the ODAA state grant, and approved amendments to Olsen’s master agreement for the hangar engineering (amount not to exceed $157,500). The council also approved awarding the hangar construction contract to the lowest responsive bidder pending required federal/state concurrence.
Council and staff recorded that the city’s local shares for these projects would come from the airport fund and CIP accounts; multiple motions passed by roll call with no recorded opposing votes on the grants/engineering amendments and conditional bid awards.
The projects will proceed to the next steps — grant award decisions by FAA and ODAA and, if those come through, final contract execution with the chosen contractors and completion of pre-construction engineering work.
