TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
Jeffrey Yates, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Alvester T. (Toney) Coleman, PhD, A.A.E., Airport Director
Birgit Sexton, Assistant Budget & Evaluation Director
DATE: January 09, 2023
RE:
Title
Adoption of Budget Ordinance Amendment 2023-9 and Capital Project Ordinance 2023-12 to Purchase a Replacement Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Vehicle
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV - Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
4.1 - To maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services.
Executive Summary:
City Council is asked to adopt Budget Ordinance Amendment (BOA) 2023-9 and Capital Project Ordinance (CPO) 2023-12 for the purchase of a replacement Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting (ARFF) vehicle for Station 10 at the Fayetteville Regional Airport. CPO 2023-12 will appropriate $1,071,326, funded by $371,326 of Airport Operating Fund net assets provided through BOA 2023-8 and $700,000 of current Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) revenues.
Background:
Airport firefighters require unique apparatuses to arrive and perform their initial mission to secure aircraft against all hazards, particularly fire, and increase the survivability of the passengers and crew on board. This special category of firefighting is called Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting. The requested appropriations will support the purchase of a new ARFF vehicle to replace the 22-year-old (1998) Emergency One ARFF vehicle, which requires constant maintenance with limited replacement parts.
Fayetteville Regional Airport’s Passenger Facility Charge program has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to collect and utilize $900,000 of PFC revenues to support the purchase of the ARFF vehicle. Current PFC revenues available for this purpose total $700,000. The remaining funds needed for this purchase ($371,326) will be provided by Airport Operating Fund net assets at this time. The FAA has authorized PFC collections for the ARFF vehicle to begin on August 1, 2022 at a $4.50 cost per enplanement and end on December 1, 2023. Once the additional $200,000 of PFC revenues have been collected, a project ordinance will be presented for Council’s consideration to return that same amount of net assets to the Airport Operating Fund, reducing the contribution of Airport Fund net assets for the purchase of the ARFF vehicle to $171,326.
Issues/Analysis:
None
Budget Impact:
There is no impact to the General Fund as the $1,071,326 will be funded by a transfer from the Airport Operating Fund through an appropriation of Airport Fund net assets ($371,326) and the appropriation of Passenger Facility Charges ($700,000). The FAA has approved $900,000 of PFC revenues for this purpose; and once the additionally approved PFC’s are collected, Council will be asked to consider the appropriation of those revenues for this purchase and the return of the same amount of appropriated net assets to the Airport Operating Fund.
Options:
1. Adopt Budget Ordinance Amendment 2023-9 and Capital Project Ordinance 2023-12 to purchase a replacement Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle.
2. Do not adopt Budget Ordinance Amendment 2023-9 or Capital Project Ordinance 2023-12 and provide further direction to staff.
Recommended Action:
Staff recommends that Council move to adopt Budget Ordinance Amendment 2023-9 and Capital Project Ordinance 2023-12 as presented to purchase a replacement Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle.
Attachments:
• Budget Ordinance Amendment 2023-9
• Capital Project Ordinance 2023-12
• Oshkosh Striker Proposal