- November 22, 2024
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Taxiway Delta at the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport will be rehabbed, a $142,940 project that will be funded entirely by a grant by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The grant dollars are also part of the federal coronavirus relief funds.
The project is part of the capital improvement plan for the airport as included in the airport master plan update that was approved by the City Commission back in 2015, according to the agenda item at the Sept. 23 commission meeting. The item approved by the commission via consent at the meeting was a work authorization for Hoyle, Tanner and Associates to begin the design phase of the project.
City Commissioner Dwight Selby said that for these types of projects, city participation is usually 5-10%.
“Honestly, how in the world COVID-19 has anything to do with Taxiway Delta, I’m having a hard time drawing the nexus, but in the short run, if it saves our local taxpayers money, I’m for it,” Selby said.
A city memo state that the project will result in the design, permitting and bid documents required to mill, overlay and realign the pavement of the taxiway. The rehabilitation and relocation of the taxiway “will restore the pavement and correct any non-standard deviations,” the memo states, adding that the taxiway is utilized often.
Free coronavirus testing at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, located at 3150 E. New York Ave., has been extended until Oct. 16.
Drive-up testing will no longer be available starting Oct. 1, but testing will take place daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the Hester building. Antibody testing will no longer be offered.
Make an appointment via doineedacovid19test.com
The City Commission approved a 1.54% percent in the rates paid to Waste Pro of Florida, Inc. by the city, as part of the first consumer price index adjustment in the now renewed five-year contract.
The CPI increase is estimated to cost the city $92,500 more dollars, but no rate increase is anticipated, according to a city memo.
The item was approved in the Sept. 23 consent agenda.
The City Commission gave staff the green light to apply for a $45,000 grant by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to aid in making amendments to the coastal element of the city’s comprehensive plan, according to a city memo.
The city also aims to create its own Resiliency Action Plan.
