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h. • RegularCity of San Angelo (Tom Green County)
Consider approving Amendment #2, Air Traffic Control Tower Siting Study, with Woolpert Company, under the Master Airport Agreement in the amount of $1,000,000 funded via FAA AIP Grant # 3-48-0191-053-2026 and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all related documents (Presentation made by Airport Director Justin Fletcher)
Presented in: City Council Meeting on 2026-09-01
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 4.2/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Motion to approve Consider approving Amendment #2, Air Traffic Control Tower Siting Study, with Woolpert Company, under the Master Airport Agreement in the amount of $1,000,000 funded via FAA AIP Grant # 3-48-0191-053-2026 and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all related documents (Presentation made by Airport Director Justin Fletcher)”
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Tom Thompson
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
TH
Tommy Hiebert
Councilmember, District 1 (District 1)
YES
JS
Joe Self
Councilmember, District 2 (District 2)
YES
HT
Harry Thomas
Councilmember, District 3 (District 3)
YES
PK
Patrick Keely
Councilmember, District 4 (District 4)
YES
KH
Karen Hesse Smith
Councilmember, District 5 (District 5)
YES
MC
Mary Coffey
Councilmember, District 6 (District 6)
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Woolpert, the airport's Consultants, will provide a dedicated design team to initiate a Siting Study, environmental impact review, as well as preliminary design drawings of a new air traffic control tower at the San Angelo Regional Airport. The work is funded 100% by the FAA through Grant # 3-48-0191-053-2026.
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).