Jefferson City Council approves airfield lighting contract

Commerical planes sit at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport on Monday, January 9, 2017. The  planes flew in from multiple states for the swearing in of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.
Commerical planes sit at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport on Monday, January 9, 2017. The planes flew in from multiple states for the swearing in of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.

The Jefferson City Council on Monday approved a construction contract for airfield lighting at Jefferson City Memorial Airport.

The council approved a supplemental construction agreement with Burns & McDonnell for construction services at the airport.

In January 2020, the council approved a contact with the firm to design replacement airfield lighting for the airport to replace airfield lighting that was damaged in the 2019 flood.

The new agreement keeps Burns & McDonnell involved in the project to oversee construction.

Construction will be funded 100 percent by $30,300 in grant funds from the State Aviation Trust Fund through the Missouri Department of Transportation.

City staff also introduced a contract for new security cameras on the city's JeffTran buses.

The $62,681.79 contract with Safety Vision LLC would replace cameras on 12 fixed-route buses.

The current cameras are past their expected lifespan, break down frequently and are expensive to maintain, according to the bill summary.

The project is one of a few projects funded by a portion of a $2.3 million grant awarded to the city by the Federal Transit Administration as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

The grant would fund $50,145 - 80 percent of the project - with a required local match of $12,536. Public Works Director Matt Morasch said the matching funds will come from the half-cent capital improvement sales tax fund.

In other business, the council approved three resolutions.

The first allows the city to apply for the Fiscal Year 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The grant provides funding for operational needs of the fire department. The Jefferson City Fire Department would use the grant funds, totaling $103,325, to purchase new fire hoses.

The city will need to match 10 percent of the grant. If the grant is awarded, city staff will present the grant for acceptance to the council.

The council also approved a resolution to adopt the polices and procedures for the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program.

In 2004, Jefferson City became a designated recipient of the CDBG, which comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Finally, the council approved a resolution to acknowledge and accept an engagement letter between Chesterfield Hotels and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, relating to services for the Missouri State Penitentiary redevelopment.

The city is currently developing an agreement with Chesterfield Hotels for redevelopment of the MSP site. The resolution acknowledges Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. as the project's underwriter and placement agent.

Stifel will provide advice on the structure, timing, terms and other matters concerning the project. The agreement is non-binding but required under federal municipal securities law.