MONROE - The Airport Board of Management now has a pre-construction timeline, leading up to the opening of bids on April 18, for its new terminal.
The city is preparing to build a 1,600-square-foot terminal to replace the current airport terminal, which is about 900 square feet on a cement slab that was built in 1972.
The new terminal will also have a partial basement to bring the airport's electrical control equipment inside.
A 350-square-foot community meeting room could be included in the construction, if bidders can work it in under the estimated budget.
Completion of the new facility is expected in December 2013, with construction to begin in early June.
Robert Wheat of Senektekts, Monroe, the architect now leading the design phase, presented the timeline at the board meeting Wednesday, following approval of the plans by the city's plan commission on Jan. 9. He must have most of the plans, specifications and estimates to the state Board of Aeronautics by Feb. 22 and the final plans by March 8. First publication of legal bid ads comes about a month later on March 18.
To make one final review of the materials and estimated costs before submission, the Monroe airport board set its next meeting for Feb. 13.
The new terminal and its furnishings are expected to cost a total of about $600,000. Because the terminal is a government construction project, construction firms must pay union-level wages.
The new terminal will have a life expectancy of about 30 to 40 years, according to Rob Driver, airport manager. About 80 to 85 percent of Monroe Municipal Airport's air traffic is business-related. Through its sales of fuel and rental of hanger lots, the airport produces about $70,000 to $80,000 of revenue annually for the city, Driver said.
About 94 percent of the terminal construction cost is covered by federal funding through the state Board of Aeronautics. The city and state pay matching amounts for the remaining. Federal funding is generated by aviation fuel taxes and produces about $150,000 per year for the Monroe airport, but the state determines which airports projects it will build each year.
Monroe has about $600,000 built up in its federal fund reserves. The Monroe terminal is only one of three in the state that BOA approved last year, according to Monroe airport board members.
The city is preparing to build a 1,600-square-foot terminal to replace the current airport terminal, which is about 900 square feet on a cement slab that was built in 1972.
The new terminal will also have a partial basement to bring the airport's electrical control equipment inside.
A 350-square-foot community meeting room could be included in the construction, if bidders can work it in under the estimated budget.
Completion of the new facility is expected in December 2013, with construction to begin in early June.
Robert Wheat of Senektekts, Monroe, the architect now leading the design phase, presented the timeline at the board meeting Wednesday, following approval of the plans by the city's plan commission on Jan. 9. He must have most of the plans, specifications and estimates to the state Board of Aeronautics by Feb. 22 and the final plans by March 8. First publication of legal bid ads comes about a month later on March 18.
To make one final review of the materials and estimated costs before submission, the Monroe airport board set its next meeting for Feb. 13.
The new terminal and its furnishings are expected to cost a total of about $600,000. Because the terminal is a government construction project, construction firms must pay union-level wages.
The new terminal will have a life expectancy of about 30 to 40 years, according to Rob Driver, airport manager. About 80 to 85 percent of Monroe Municipal Airport's air traffic is business-related. Through its sales of fuel and rental of hanger lots, the airport produces about $70,000 to $80,000 of revenue annually for the city, Driver said.
About 94 percent of the terminal construction cost is covered by federal funding through the state Board of Aeronautics. The city and state pay matching amounts for the remaining. Federal funding is generated by aviation fuel taxes and produces about $150,000 per year for the Monroe airport, but the state determines which airports projects it will build each year.
Monroe has about $600,000 built up in its federal fund reserves. The Monroe terminal is only one of three in the state that BOA approved last year, according to Monroe airport board members.