New airport hangar gets green light
NORWICH – Chenango County lawmakers gave the go ahead to construct a six-bay T-hangar at the Lt. Warren E. Eaton Airport Monday.
The Planning & Economic Development Committee, meeting prior to the regular full board of supervisors meeting, reviewed options to build a four, six or 10-bay facility, or scraping the project altogether.
Tioga Building Company of Herkimer was awarded the general construction contract and Bagnall Electric of Sherburne will build the electrical portion, at a total cost of $316,900. Payment will be made from state and federal grants as well as from the airport’s set aside capital improvement trust fund.
Airport Administrator Donald W. MacIntosh said the bids were less than the project’s engineers had anticipated. He recommended the six bay facility, and suggested tapping the trust fund for the approximately $50,000 local share required, saying, “That’s what it (the fund) is there for.”
Prior to receiving county board approval, Town of Preston Supervisor Peter C. Flanagan requested a tally of engineering costs and other financial details for the project. MacIntosh reported that C&S Engineers of Syracuse was awarded $19,000 for the work. The county will earn $160 per month to rent each hangar.
Also at the airport, lawmakers agreed to procure an automated credit card reader fuel system from TransFirst of Colorado with oversight authority by Norwich’s NBT bank. The system will make it possible for fuel users to make more convenient purchases with credit cards at the pump.
Committee Chairman David C. Law, R-Norwich, said the county’s attorney objected to liability insurance coverage wording in a previously submitted contract from a different company.
Law said the owner of Pizza Hut recently flew his jet into the county’s airport in order to check on the expansion of a restaurant on state Rt. 12 in Norwich. Law said the owner spent $2,300 on fuel with a check. “I’m sure he would have preferred using a credit card,” he said. “Now we are finally ready to start selling some gas.”
Town of Bainbridge Supervisor Dolores Nabinger, who just completed her first year in office, commented that the year-long debate about obtaining a credit card processor at the airport had opened her eyes “to just how long it takes to get something done in politics.”
The Planning & Economic Development Committee, meeting prior to the regular full board of supervisors meeting, reviewed options to build a four, six or 10-bay facility, or scraping the project altogether.
Tioga Building Company of Herkimer was awarded the general construction contract and Bagnall Electric of Sherburne will build the electrical portion, at a total cost of $316,900. Payment will be made from state and federal grants as well as from the airport’s set aside capital improvement trust fund.
Airport Administrator Donald W. MacIntosh said the bids were less than the project’s engineers had anticipated. He recommended the six bay facility, and suggested tapping the trust fund for the approximately $50,000 local share required, saying, “That’s what it (the fund) is there for.”
Prior to receiving county board approval, Town of Preston Supervisor Peter C. Flanagan requested a tally of engineering costs and other financial details for the project. MacIntosh reported that C&S Engineers of Syracuse was awarded $19,000 for the work. The county will earn $160 per month to rent each hangar.
Also at the airport, lawmakers agreed to procure an automated credit card reader fuel system from TransFirst of Colorado with oversight authority by Norwich’s NBT bank. The system will make it possible for fuel users to make more convenient purchases with credit cards at the pump.
Committee Chairman David C. Law, R-Norwich, said the county’s attorney objected to liability insurance coverage wording in a previously submitted contract from a different company.
Law said the owner of Pizza Hut recently flew his jet into the county’s airport in order to check on the expansion of a restaurant on state Rt. 12 in Norwich. Law said the owner spent $2,300 on fuel with a check. “I’m sure he would have preferred using a credit card,” he said. “Now we are finally ready to start selling some gas.”
Town of Bainbridge Supervisor Dolores Nabinger, who just completed her first year in office, commented that the year-long debate about obtaining a credit card processor at the airport had opened her eyes “to just how long it takes to get something done in politics.”
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