Section 102-280 Ord. 16899; Calling for Bids RE: Construction of Second Phase RE: Expansion of Air Carrier/Air Cargo Aircraft Parking Apron and Construction of a Connecting Taxiway from Taxiway A to the Apron

determining it is in the public interest to construct improvements at the Columbia Regional Airport; approving and adopting plans and specifications; determining that the work shall be done by contract; ordering advertisement for bids; providing for payment for the improvement; authorizing the City Manager to obtain, execute and record all documents necessary for the improvement; providing for compliance with the prevailing wage law; and fixing the time when this ordinance shall become effective.

WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring the necessity of constructing the second phase of a two-phase expansion of the air carrier/air cargo aircraft parking apron and construction of a connecting taxiway from Taxiway A to the apron; and

SECTION 1. The Council finds that the construction of the second phase of a two-phase expansion of the air carrier/air cargo aircraft parking apron and construction of a connecting taxiway from Taxiway A to the apron at the Columbia Regional Airport is necessary for the welfare and improvement of the City and that it is in the public interest that such improvement be made.

SECTION 2. The plans and specifications for these improvements, as prepared by the Director of Public Works and filed in the office of the City Clerk, are hereby approved and made a part of this ordinance.

SECTION 3. The construction of the improvements shall be done by contract in accordance with the plans and specifications, the laws of the State of Missouri, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri.

SECTION 4. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to advertise for bids for the construction of the improvements, according to the provisions of Section 2278 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri.

SECTION 5. Payment for these improvements shall be made from Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program Grant Funds, Airport General Improvement Funds and from such other funds as may be lawfully appropriated.

SECTION 6. The City Manager is authorized to obtain, execute and have recorded all licenses, easements, deeds and any other conveyances or instruments necessary for the City to complete these improvements.

SECTION 7. The contract for the improvement shall provide that not less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages, as found by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations of Missouri, shall be paid to all workers performing work under the contract. The contractor's bond shall guarantee the faithful performance of the prevailing hourly wage clause in the contract. The City shall also cause to be inserted into the contract a stipulation that all laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or subcontractors in the performance of work under the contract shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.