HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023-003 Approving a new Capital Improvement Project, the Airport AWOS Upgrade Project (AP042) MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2023-003
RELATING TO BUDGET; APPROVING A NEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT,
THE AIRPORT AWOS UPGRADE PROJECT (AP042), AND APPROVING THE
TRANSFER OF UP TO$410,000.00 IN BUDGETED EXPENSE AUTHORITY FROM THE
AIRPORT MIRL, PAPI, BEACON REPLACEMENT LIGHTING PROJECT (AP026) IN
THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 BUDGET TO FUND THE PROJECT
WHEREAS on June 21, 2022, the Town Council adopted the fiscal year 2022-2023
budgetary document and overall financial plan which set the legal level of budgetary
control at the department level for the General Fund and at the fund level for all other
funds; and
WHEREAS the existing Automated Weather Observing System(AWOS) is failing
due to the age of the equipment and the difficulty in finding replacement parts; and
WHEREAS upgrading the AWOS was not a project included in the fiscal year
2022-2023 budget; and
WHEREAS Airport Improvement Grant (AIG) funding may now be available to
the Town to fund this project for an amount of up to $410,000.00; and
WHEREAS the Airport AWOS Upgrade Project (AP042) will be primarily funded
through federal funds with the remainder evenly split between the Town and ADOT;and
WHEREAS Town staff has determined that the Airport AWOS Upgrade Project
(AP042) budget will be funded with Airport capital funds, that overall budget capacity
within the fund will not change,and that there is adequate capacity in the Airport MIRL,
PAPI,Beacon Replacement Lighting Project(AP026) to transfer to the Airport AWOS Up-
grade Project (AP042); and
WHEREAS the Council finds that transferring the budgeted expense authority
from within the fiscal year 2022-2023 budget will not significantly impact the General
Fund; and
WHEREAS reallocations of budgeted expense authority are necessary from time
to time; and
WHEREAS the Council finds that the reallocations addressed by this resolution
are in the best interest of the Town of Marana and its citizens.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The new capital improvement project, Airport AWOS Upgrade Pro-
ject (AP042), is hereby approved.
SECTION 2. The transfer of S410,000.00 in budgeted expense authority within the
Airport Capital Fund from the Airport MIRL,PAPI,Beacon Replacement Lighting Project
(AP026) to the Airport AWOS Upgrade Project (AP042) in the fiscal year 2022-2023
budget for anticipated costs associated with the newly established AWOS project de-
scribed in Section 1 is hereby approved.
SECTION 3. The Town's Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to
undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial to carry out the terms, obliga-
tions, and objectives of this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, this 17th day of January 2023.
Mayor Ed Honea
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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David L. Udall, Town Clerk J. airal Town Attorney
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MARANA AZ
ESTABLISHED 1977
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