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Consideration of Budget Revision No. 2017-09 Increasing the Airport Budget by $325,000 for Construction of a New Row of Four Hangars
Suggested Motion
I move that Council approve Budget Revision No. 2017-09 as summarized on the attached budget revision form and that the attachment be made a part of the minutes of this meeting.
Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the budget revision as requested.
Body
The Department of Energy has completed the construction of a new concrete pad on the old landfill at the airport for the future construction of a row of hangars (Attachment A.) The pad construction has been approved by the County building inspectors. The hangars will consist of a 60 foot by 60 foot box hangar on the north end of the pad and three T-hangars connected to the box hangar. The box hangar will be capable of holding one large aircraft or helicopter, or multiple smaller aircraft and the T-hangars will each hold one smaller aircraft.
Our preliminary estimate of construction costs for the new hangars is $325,000. It should be noted that this is significantly less than what would normally be expected due to the Department of Energy paying for the concrete hangar pad and the asphalt taxilanes around the hangar pad. The cost to DOE for this construction was $447,000.
The advantages to the County constructing and owning the hangars as opposed to private individuals owning the hangars include the following:
1. The County will maintain control over the hangars and could establish a long term source of revenue for the airport in the form of lease/rental fees to leverage the substantial investment by DOE in the construction of the hangar row foundation.
2. The County would be in a position to negotiate arrangements with some of the owners of the old hangars along Airport Road to acquire their hangars and move them temporarily into the County owned hangars in a transition toward development of the west end of the ...
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