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City authorizes FAA/state grant applications for Runway 13/31 rehab and new hangars; construction bids awarded pending concurrence
Summary
Council authorized applications for FAA and state grants to rehabilitate Runway 13/31 and to construct three box hangars at Muskogee Davis Regional Airport, approved engineering amendments and awarded construction bids to local contractors pending FAA/ODAA concurrence.
The Muskogee City Council on July 13 approved a multi-part airport package to rehabilitate Runway 13/31 and to build three new box hangars at Muskogee Davis Regional Airport.
City staff presented the runway rehabilitation as an AIP-eligible project with a total project cost reported at about $4,220,000. The federal share requested is $4,009,000 (95%), leaving the city’s local match at 2.5% or roughly $105,500. Staff said the city would use funds from the 2019 CIP account (account balance reported at $166,425) to cover the match. The council authorized the city manager to apply for the FAA grant (AIP project number 34000620212026) and to accept the grant if awarded; the authorization was approved by roll call.
Following a competitive bid process for the runway construction, staff reported Ross Construction (Roscon LLC) submitted the lowest responsive bid for the construction phase at $3,842,442.99. The council approved awarding the construction contract to Roscon LLC pending FAA and ODAA concurrence and receipt of grants.
Separately, the council approved an FAA grant application request of $1,150,000 for a 3‑bay box hangar project (project total reported at $2,355,000). Staff reported the state would contribute 40% (about $942,000) and the city’s share would be roughly 11% (reported as approximately $263,000). Council approved authorizing the application and accepting the grant if awarded. The council also approved an amendment to the engineering master agreement (master agreement work order number 2) not to exceed $157,500 for construction closeout and oversight and awarded the construction contract to Cohen Construction Services (award amount on the record: $2,002,916.19) pending required federal/state concurrence.
City staff noted several approvals are contingent on receipt of federal and state grants and completion of an independent fee estimate and agency concurrence. The council recorded motions and roll-call approvals for the grant applications, engineering amendments and bid awards.
Next steps: city staff will proceed with grant administration, finalize engineering work orders and, if grants are awarded and federal/state concurrence is received, execute construction contracts and schedule project mobilization.
