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[email protected] WINTERSVILLE The project to resurface the taxiway at the Geary A. Bates Jefferson County Airpark is one step closer to pavement going down. Monday, at the monthly meeting of the Jefferson County Airport Authority Board of Directors, bids were received from three potential contractors interested in completing the work. The bids, all from companies located in Ohio, ranged from $2,680,091 to $2,897,802. Rayland’s Shelly and Sands had the low bid. All three bids were forwarded to the board’s engineering consultant firm, Michael Baker International, who did the design grant applications for the project. After the bids were opened, a representative from Michael Baker informed the board the engineer’s estimate for the work was a little more than $3.3 million, so all three bidders came in under the estimate. ....
[email protected] WINTERSVILLE March was a record month for the Geary A. Bates Jefferson County Airpark. Airpark manager Brian Thaxton told the Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority board during Monday’s meeting that the airpark handled 560 operations during the month, which was higher than anticipated for this early in the year, and sold some 8,245 gallons of jet fuel. That total, he said, was a record for the facility. “March was a pretty big month for us,” Thaxton said, citing improved weather conditions. Later in the meeting, the board voted to give Thaxton a 4 percent pay raise. That vote will send a recommendation to the Jefferson County commissioners, who oversee the employment of airpark staff, for consideration. ....
Staff writer WINTERSVILLE The Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority board met Monday, approving a letter drafted by board president Brandon Reese to be sent to the Jefferson County commissioners. The letter detailed the airport authority’s position on a potential move of Wintersville County Court into the former Cross Creek Township building at 251 Airpark Drive. The letter said the court would be “a suitable addition to the county government complex” in addition to the Jefferson County 9-1-1 office and animal shelter. The renovations needed to accommodate the court and make it “similar to Toronto County Court” would cost an estimated $200,000, the letter said. ....