MONMOUTH — A yr and a 50 percent immediately after Monmouth’s municipal airport hangar burned to the ground, the rebuilding approach is going forward.
The fire that broke out on Oct. 24, 2019, wrecked the hangar, an adjacent business office, and eight planes, creating more than $1 million in damages.
“We instantly retained our airport engineering business to begin to move forward with the style and design and place of the new hangar,” explained town administrator Lew Steinbrecher.
Individuals ideas had been permitted final week by the Division of Aeronautics at the Illinois Office of Transportation, following delays associated to staffing concerns on the state’s finish and COVID-19.
“There have been less workers engineers to review the ideas and that is what seriously delayed the evaluation and a approval procedure,”
Following the state’s acceptance, the metropolis council on Monday approved the city to get started looking for bids for the development of a new hangar and bordering pavement.
A detached terminal and administrative offices would be incorporated in a later challenge.
Steinbrecher explained due to the fact the bid specs and structure function ended up previously done, the undertaking will go swiftly now.
The metropolis will now promote for bids and will open up them April 16, current them to council and award a construction bid on April 19, will design to start out within a thirty day period right after that.
With operate continuing as a result of the summer months, the hangar could be in operation by late summer season or early drop.
“We’re anxious to get the hangar concluded so we can get those people plane rentals moving again,” Steinbrecher explained.
The new hangar will be create on the west aspect of the runway and will be a Tee hanger with 10 units — 5 on every single aspect — divided by fireproof partitions.
Steinbrecher said the expense of the new hangar won’t be acknowledged until bids are obtained, but he expects the price to be protected from insurance policy money and federal reimbursements.
In other company at Monday’s meeting:
• Steinbrecher introduced information of the 2021-2022 metropolis finances of $22,176,633. With no raise or lower in staff or change in town solutions, the finances is considered position quo and consists of funds for changing the drinking water primary on West Harlem Avenue. The spending plan is on the web and at the city clerk’s office environment to critique prior to becoming accredited at the upcoming conference.
• A 3-calendar year collective bargaining device arrangement with Associated Fireplace Firefighters of Illinois community unit 1702 was permitted. For each the settlement, Monmouth firefighters will acquire annual raises of 2.25%.
• A term sheet arrangement was accredited for Scott Haase, who designs to renovate the former Evaluation Atlas building at 400 S. Most important St. into a relatives recreational center. Of the approximated $550,000 in renovation charges, $120,000 are eligible for Tax Increment Financing reimbursement. Mayor Rod Davies explained the agreement is performance-based, and does not consist of metropolis funds, only a rebate of long run house tax increment revenues.
• Council listened to a presentation on Chook Scooters and the company’s interest in developing an electrical scooter rental plan in Monmouth. The enterprise formerly has targeted on greater metro places and is now shifting into lesser marketplaces. The software would call for an ordinance from the metropolis and a regional entrepreneur to invest in the program. No action was taken.