John Stafford, Vice Chairman Commissioner Carlos Beruff Commissioner Bob Spencer Commissioner Peter A. Wish Fredrick J. Piccolo, President, Chief Executive Officer C. Dan Bailey, J.R., Airport Counsel Mark Stuckey, Exec. VP, Chief of Staff Kent Bontrager, Sr. VP, Engineering & Facilities Anita Eldridge, Sr VP, Finance & Administration Kimberly Steele, Technical Support Specialist, IT Karen Garofo, Executive Assistant - SMAA
Kristin Incrocci, Chairman Doug Holder, Secretary
Vice Chairman John Stafford called the Special Meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Commissioner Beruff led the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Mr. Bailey reviewed Ch. 2020-167 (HB 915) of the Florida Statutes that became effective October 1, 2020 that poses transparency obligations on the governing board of commercial service airports and effects Item No. 3 of today's agenda. Item No. 3, Approval of Construction contract award for the SRQ Hangar Project exceeds $325,000. The new statute requires this type of item appear as a separate line item on the agenda, and additionally, the public must be given an opportunity to address that item as comments from the public. He will follow up with an email to all Commissioners advising of the new statute requirement. (See page 3 of Minutes, Chapter 2020-167 Discussion)
Mr. Piccolo requested approval of the construction contract award to Bandes Construction for the SRQ Maintenance Hangar Project. The Airport, Cimus Aviation and Manatee Technical College (MTC) each secured partial funding through a Development of Economic Opportunity (DEO) grant to design and construct a maintenance hangar and an airframe and powerplant (A&P) School. Due to COVID, Cimus Aviation and MTC need additional time to secure additional funding. The airport secured a $3 Million grant from the DEO, which must be expended by July 1, 2021. Therefore, we would like to move ahead with the construction to expend the funds and maintain another month of construction time by not waiting until the November meeting for approval. Fourteen bids were received on October 7 for the project, with the low, responsive bid submitted by Bandes Construction for $3,739,750.83 for the base bid and $14,935,275.83 for the base bid plus additive alternate number one. MTC would like to continue to move forward and present before the Manatee School Board to receive full funding approval of $9 Million within the next four months and commence construction under their own project.