Board recommends acceptance of FAA safety grant and approves task order for employee parking design

Staff asked the board to recommend acceptance of a supplemental FAA grant of up to $61,370 to purchase transponders for airport-owned vehicles and equipment that operate on movement areas, a safety measure prompted by recent runway-incursion incidents elsewhere.

Don described the technology as a tool that presents vehicle positions to air-traffic controller screens and said it is intended to reduce runway-incursion risk. The board moved, seconded and voted to recommend acceptance of the supplemental grant.

Staff also presented Task Order 4 with Protect Hibbs & Todd for design and bidding of a new north-side employee parking lot that would add about 218 paved spaces primarily for Eagle Aviation Services employees. The $51,000 task order would put total payments to the firm over a threshold requiring council approval, so staff asked the board to recommend the task order be sent to council; the board voted to recommend approval.