Community hangar set to start construction in spring

By Geoffrey Woehlk | February 25, 2025 |

CITY OF MARYVILLE
The right of way vacated on Monday is at the top of the green line, along with the right of way vacated in 1939 by city ordinance No. 1941 and below that in 1925 by city ordinance No. 1002.

MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville City Council on Monday approved a construction contract to build a new 80-by-80-foot community hangar at Northwest Missouri Regional Airport this year.

The $595,153.72 bid by Four K Construction approved by the council on Monday came in 25.6 percent lower than the $800,000 engineer’s estimate for the hangar. Funding for project will come mostly from federal dollars through a combination of annual Non-Primary Entitlement Funds that are distributed to airports across the country, and funds from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which distributed funds to airports without requiring any local match on spending. Including design and engineering, the total cost for the hangar adds up to $835,774, according to city documents, with only $50,246 coming from the city.

The electric, bifold hangar door will be 18 feet tall, allowing larger aircraft such as jets and helicopters to access the hangar. Currently, the airport doesn’t have a hangar large enough to accommodate them.

Although city officials have said the specific uses for the hangar are still up in the air, they imagine a mix that includes long-term aircraft storage on a monthly rental basis with some storage space reserved for overnight storage of larger aircraft.

The hangar was one of the top priorities on the airport’s long-term Capital Improvement Plan.

Also included will be two pedestrian doors and heating and air conditioning inside.

Assistant City Manager Ryan Heiland said that city officials will meet with the contractor this week to discuss a timeline, but anticipates construction beginning in early spring.

Manufactured home

During the public comment period, resident Billie Mackey, who lives on Buchanan Street, again expressed disappointment in the council for waiving a property lien in July that assisted the Maryville Industrial Development Corporation in placing a manufactured home at 401 S. Buchanan St., and asked if the council had been misled by incorrect information about the home that was to be placed on the lot.

Information in briefing packets presented to the council at the July meeting, and at least one additional council meeting, described the home as a “modular home.” The home currently on the lot is a manufactured home. A modular home is built to up to local code standards, is assembled on-site and typically has a permanent foundation. A manufactured home is a mobile home that is built to federal Housing and Urban Development standards off-site and typically does not have a permanent foundation.

Generally, Mayor Dannen Merrill and other council members told Mackey that it did not affect their decision at the time as they viewed waiving the lien as the best way to facilitate what they had hoped was going to be a successful affordable housing program operated by a trusted partner in MIDC.

So long, 10th Street

Also during Monday’s meeting, the council approved a quit-claim deed for the former railroad right-of-way between 1010 and 912 N. Walnut St. at the request of the owners of those properties, Thomson Rentals and ADT Rentals, respectively.

City Manager Greg McDanel said that staff found the right-of-way for what was apparently West 10th Street was never completely vacated for that section. West 10th Street was originally platted as a 66-foot right-of-way from Main Street to 132 feet west of the west right-of-way line of North Mulberry Street on the plat of Saunder’s Addition to Maryville in 1870.

In the early 1900s, expansion of the Wabash Railroad required the abandonment of West 10th Street from the west line of Main Street to the east line of Buchanan Street in 1925. In 1939, the city vacated West 10th Street from the east line of Buchanan Street to the west line of North Mulberry Street. But the platted right-of-way on West 10th Street from the west line of North Mulberry Street to the western boundary of Saunder’s Addition remained.

Another ordinance approved by the council on Monday formally abandoned that remaining section.

Other City Council notes

A public reception will be held from 3-5 p.m. on March 6 at the Rose Hill Acres Event Center to say goodbye to City Manager McDanel, whose last official day on the job is March 7.

Council members approved a $264,165 bid from Legacy Underground Construction for construction of the East Thompson Street Trail Project. The project will add a concrete trail of approximately 1,600 feet from South Davis Street to South Laura Street, connecting the existing trail network along South Davis Street to the Maryville Housing Authority and additional neighborhoods on the east side. The project was awarded a Transportation Alternatives Grant by the Missouri Department of Transportation in 2022, which will pay for 64 percent of the cost.
The council approved a $25,677.50 contract with DS Industrial Solutions for epoxy floor repairs at the Mozingo Lake Recreation Park Event Center that will address cracks and bubbling in the floors, especially on the lower level.
Council members approved a $12,500 agreement with Schneider Electric Buildings Americas to conduct an investment grade audit of HVAC systems at the Event Center, which Mozingo Lake Recreation Park Director Jordyn Greenhaw said are not working properly. The audit will give staff a better idea of the most efficient way to move forward with a solution rather than just replacing the entire system that is less than a decade old.
The council approved a request by Burny’s Sports Bar & Upper Deck to hold the 38th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 15, at 5:17 p.m. The request includes closing the 300 block of North Market Street from 3:45 p.m. to approximately 6 p.m.

Board appointments

Becky Albrecht, Greg Hansen and Josh McKim were reappointed to three-year terms on the Maryville Tourism Committee until March 1, 2028. Each holds an organization position on the board: Albrecht representing the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce, Hansen representing Northwest Missouri State University and McKim representing Nodaway County Economic Development.
Ashley Strickland and Daisy Valenzuela-Cordell were appointed to the Maryville Public Library Board of Trustees, taking over for two board members who could no longer consistently attend board meetings because of job changes. Strickland will serve the remainder of John Carr’s term, which expires on June 30, 2026. Valenzuela-Cordell will serve the remainder of Steve Klotz’s term that expires in June and then will continue serving a three-year term on the board through June 30, 2028.
Mackenzie Adamson, Rodney Bade and Bob Cooper were reappointed to the Mozingo Lake Recreation Park Advisory Board and Sheldon Saxton, an organizational representative recommended by the Northeast Nodaway R-V School District, was appointed to the board, all set to serve three-year terms. One seat on the board remains vacant, open to a resident who lives within Maryville city limits.

CITY OF MARYVILLE
Saunder’s Addition to Maryville surveyed and platted in 1870.

CITY OF MARYVILLE
Ordinance No. 1941 from 1939, vacating part of the right-of-way along what used to be 10th Street.

WOOLPERT RENDERING
A rendering of the proposed 80-by-80-foot prefab community hangar that is planned to be built at Northwest Missouri Regional Airport. The hangar will be large enough to house jets and helicopters, which the airport currently does not have a facility large enough to do.