HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE EXPEDITED GDOT GRANTS FOR REMAINING FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND FISCAL YEAR 2017 AS REQUESTED BY AUGUSTA AVIATION COMMISSION STATE OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
RESOLUTION NO. -
A RESOLUTION BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION TO PERMIT THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE GRANTS
HAVING EXPEDITED DEADLINES OFFERED BY THE GEORGIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (GDOT) DURING ITS 2016
FISCAL YEAR IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN
MILLION ($15,000,000) AND FOR ITS 2017 FISCAL YEAR IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
($20,000,000); TO PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS,the Augusta Aviation Commission is charged with the operation
and maintenance of the Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field; and
WHEREAS, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)
occasionally offers grants with compressed or expedited deadlines for execution
by the Aviation Commission and the County Commission requiring Special called
meetings; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to ensure the prompt acceptance of the grants
offered during the balance of GDOT's 2016 Fiscal year and the 2017 Fiscal year,
the Aviation Commission has requested that the Augusta Commission authorize
the Mayor with the authority to execute GDOT Grants having expedited deadlines
in an amount up to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for Fiscal Year 2016 and
up to twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for Fiscal Year 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Augusta Commission believes it to be in its best interest to
permit the Mayor to execute GDOT Grants for the Airport having expedited
deadlines.
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NOW THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Commission hereby approves the authority of the
Mayor to execute GDOT Grants for the Airport having expedited deadlines
in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for the 2016 fiscal year and an
amount not to exceed $20,000,000 for the 2017 fiscal year.
Section 2. All such grants will be brought back to the Commission to
be approved and spread upon its minutes at the next regularly scheduled
Commission meeting.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution, and such
remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon and after its final passage.
SO RESOLVED this Iday of J file- , 2016.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA:
Approved:
Hardie Davis, Jr., Mayor
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