Before and after a new mayor and members of the new City Council took their oaths of office, other city business took place Monday night.

Before Mayor Archie Jennings relinquished his seat to Mac Hodges, he presided over the council as it voted 4-0 to award an $899,905.50 contract to A.R. Chesson Construction Co. to build a new terminal building at Warren Field Airport. The building was destroyed by a gustnado July 1, 2012.

Funding for this project comes from three sources; $500,000 in N.C. Division of Aviation grant funds, $199,277 in Vision 100 airport funds, and $200,628.50 in insurance proceeds, according to Allen Lewis, the city’s public-works director.

The city has $549,277 in grant funds earmarked for the project and a forthcoming $150,000 grant it can use to construct the new terminal building, according to John. M. Massey with the city’s airport engineers, Talbert & Bright. Each of those grants requires a 10-percent match from the city.

The council also authorized the mayor to execute an agreement with Talbert & Bright for the firm to perform construction-administration work related to the project. Talbert & Bright submitted a proposal to do the work for $90,815.

The council also awarded a $206,888 contract to Utility Service Co. Inc. to remove the existing lead-based paint on the water tank next to Veterans Memorial Park on East Third Street and repaint the water tank. The city will pay $41,377.60 a year for five years to satisfy the contract. The company offered the city the option of spreading out the payments over five years, Lewis said.

Utility Service Co. Inc. was the low bidder among three companies that submitted bids on the project.

See Thursday’s edition of the Washington Daily News for an article about the mayoral transition involving outgoing Mayor Archie Jennings and incoming Mayor Mac Hodges.