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| Work Detail | The Pierre City Commission on Tuesday awarded Sharpe Enterprises of Fort Pierre the bid to build a new fire station at the Pierre Regional Airport that will be paid for mostly with $2.2 million in federal grant funds. City Manager Leon Schochenmaier told the five-member Commission that Pierre was fortunate to obtain the discretionary federal grant funds. "These are discretionary funds. They did not have to come to the city of Pierre," he told the Commission. We competed for them with the whole Upper Midwest region. So the fact we got the funds is important, also." The city is required, under federal rules, to provide fire fighting services for the airport, including being there for each flight’s landing and departure, Schochenmaier said. The city’s fire truck for the airport doesn’t fit in the old fire station, which will be used for other and related things, he said. Sharpe’s bid of $1.97 million was the lowest of six bidders who ranged up to $2.6 million in bid amounts. In a separate but related action, the Commission authorized Mayor Laurie Gill to sign the application for a federal grant of $2.18 million; which, with matching 5 percent amounts of $121,111 from the city and the state, brings total funding to $2.422 million. Construction costs will be $1.9i7 million, construction “observation and management” will cost $232,154 and design and bidding negotiations costs total $190,636. Another $28,000 will be spent on paperwork and “material testing services” on the new ARFF - Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting - building, according to figures provided at the Commission meeting. “This discretionary money comes around so seldom,” Commission Jamie Huizenga said at the meeting. “With our 5 percent match, what an asset we’ll get for our airport for 5 percent of the cost. It’s too good to pass up.” Mayor Gill said it’s all part of the city’s work to improve air carrier service. “This is crucial for us keeping that airport open,” she said. “And that’s why we need enplanements to hit 10,000 for the year. We are very fortunate to get these discretionary dollars.” Gill was referring to the airport facing a loss up about $800,000 in federal airport funding because of the low passenger numbers the past two years falling below the trigger level of 10,000 passenger boardings per year set by federal transportation officials. Such low passenger numbers as seen the past year also could threaten the $4.4 million per year in DOT subsidies to Aerodynamics Inc. under the Essential Air Service program. ADI began on Aug. 15 flying 12 weekly roundtrips to Denver, operating as Great Lakes Jet Express in a partnership with Pierre’s former air carrier Great Lakes Airlines. The plan for the new fire station is for construction to begin within a fairly short time and complete the project “early next year,” Schochenmaier said. |
| Country | United States , Northern America |
| Industry | Airports & Aviation |
| Entry Date | 15 Oct 2016 |
| Source | http://www.capjournal.com/news/pierre-commission-awards-sharpe-enterprises-bid-to-build-m-airport/article_c51f31b0-7531-11e6-aa6a-ab8ac0c5ecf8.html |
