SUBJECT: CONSENT AGENDA
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A Resolution Approving Armstrong Consultants, Inc. Consulting Agreement for Engineering Services for the Apron Rehabilitation Project at the Erie Municipal Airport in the amount of $87,123.00.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Gary Behlen, Public Works Director
Russell Pennington, Deputy Director of Public Works
Jason Hurd, Airport Manager
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: $87,123
Balance Available: $333,333
Budget Line Item Number: 530.70.110.605000.100142 (Airport Fund)
New Appropriation Required: NO
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve Resolution awarding said contract, authorizing Staff to expend contracted and contingency funds.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER: Each year, Town Staff along with members of the Colorado Division of Aueronautics (CDOA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) develop a 6-year Capital Improvement Project (CIP) list. This list identifies a series of projects that can receive state and federal grant assistance in the coming years. The FAA allows the Airport Sponsor (the Town of Erie) to select a consultant to assist in the application for grant assistance, design of and management of the projects. This consultant will enter into a Professional Servies contract with the Town that will be in effect for five years. The Erie Municipal Airport has used this contract process successfully in the past.
Fees and scope of work are not identified in the Professional Services contract. The scope of work is identified in proposals prepared each year for each individual project and fees are negotiated prior to the grant application being submitted to the FAA. Scope of work, fees and grant terms are identified in the federal grant offers which must be accepted by the Board of Trustees.
Staff recommended and the Board of Trustees approved a contracted with Armstrong Consultants, Inc. at the December 8, 2015 Board of Trustee meeting.
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