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Airport hangar bids come in 3.4% over grant; committee opts to use reserves
Summary
C & S Engineers told the committee that bids for an 8-bay Penn Yan-Yates County Airport hangar exceeded the original grant estimate by about 3.4% (roughly $88,000); the Committee agreed to move forward and will place a resolution on the April 13 Legislative agenda to cover the shortfall from reserves.
C & S Engineers Principal Engineer Patrick Hludzenski told the Public Works Committee that the grant application for an eight-bay hangar at the Penn Yan‑Yates County Airport was submitted in January 2023 and that the New York State DOT awards grants based on the information provided at that time. He said the recent bids were “a little bit higher than what they had anticipated in the grant application by about 3.4%, just shy of $88,000.”
Hludzenski said airport leadership reviewed options to close the funding gap and the Airport Council’s preferred solution is to dip into airport reserves now and replenish those reserves later. After questions and discussion, the Committee agreed to move forward; a resolution will be prepared for the April 13 Legislative Meeting to authorize the approach.
The decision does not report a formal vote in the minutes; the Committee’s staff will draft the resolution and present it to the full Legislature on April 13. The airport’s timeline for construction and any adjustments to the project budget were not specified in the minutes.
