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Board reviews airport operations items: T-hangar electrical meters, minimum standards and parking/ signage
Summary
Citrus County staff proposed county-paid gang electrical meters for hangars to eliminate individual tenant connection fees, discussed the aviation department’s 2026 budget lines and the county’s new minimum standards and rules dissemination to tenants and FBOs.
Citrus County aviation staff outlined operational changes that would affect hangar tenants, including a plan to install gang electrical meters so the county would absorb electricity fees rather than individual tenants, and described how the county is distributing new airport minimum standards and rules to tenants.
Todd Regan said the county plans to outfit T-hangar rows with a single gang meter so that the county pays the electricity bill and hangar tenants do not have to pay connection fees (he cited roughly a $38 connection fee at Crystal River). “We would outfit have a gang meter for each, hanger. The county would absorb the bill and, so the tenant doesn't have to,” Regan said.
On minimum standards and rules, staff said the regulations were emailed to tenants under county control and to fixed-base operators (FBOs) and are also posted on the county aviation webpage. Regan said tenants managed directly by FBOs should be notified by the FBOs as a courtesy; board members asked staff to also send written notice to FBOs to ensure tenants receive the update.
Budget discussion: Board members reviewed the aviation department’s fiscal 2026 budget packet (the aviation department’s budget is separated by airport) and asked staff to provide revenue estimates at the next meeting. Regan said items postponed from the prior fiscal year are included in the 2026 aviation budget and that new items added include electrical retrofits and additional runway-closure signage to avoid moving signs frequently between airports.
Why it matters: The electrical-meter change affects tenant monthly costs and the county’s utility expenses; clear notice of new operating standards protects tenants and the county by establishing expectations.
Ending: Staff said they can re-email tenants and print booklets of the new rules for the airports and that they will notify FBOs in writing to forward the rules to their tenants.
