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Lake Havasu Council rejects Vector contract amid ADS‑B safety concerns
Summary
The City Council voted 7-0 to decline a professional services agreement with Vector Airport Systems to collect airport landing fees after pilots and residents warned using ADS‑B tracking for billing could harm safety and local business.
The Lake Havasu City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to decline a professional services agreement with Vector Airport Systems LLC to collect municipal airport landing fees, after extended public comment from pilots, airport tenants and council members who said relying on ADS‑B tracking for billing would risk safety and local business.
City officials said the council could still pursue landing fees later through the city’s regular master fee schedule, but the agreement under consideration would have contracted an outside company to identify and bill aircraft detected by automatic dependent surveillance‑broadcast, or ADS‑B.
Council member Jim Dolan moved to not approve the contract; Council member David Diaz seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. “This is a safety issue,” Dolan said during debate, arguing that pilots could simply turn off ADS‑B to…
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