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Airport manager updates authority on staffing, tower, hangar inspections, projects and upcoming events
Summary
The airport manager reported staff changes, progress on the control tower and pavement projects, hangar lease compliance efforts, software funding, landing fees going live, ARFF training and community events; Lochner provided project timelines and grant status for taxiway work.
The Logan Cash Airport Authority received a manager's report covering staffing, tower work, hangar inspections, software and budget plans, landing fee implementation, training and multiple infrastructure projects.
Airport Manager Bob said one of the airport interns accepted an internship at Salt Lake International and the authority plans to recruit two interns to fill that position and another vacancy, noting budgeted funds are available. On the control tower project, Bob said work is waiting on glass shipments and that contractors were coordinating frames and roof installation so window and roof crews could work the same week.
On hangar inspections, Bob described an education-first approach and said the authority has sent attention-getting letters that cite lease terms and federal "grant assurances." "Our intention here is compliance, education," he said, adding staff have talked with most tenants and do not want to evict anyone.
The manager reported software for airport management would be funded this year by shifting funds from the grounds and maintenance line item and that he would request a separate line item in next year’s budget. He also said landing fees "go live today," and that airport staff coordinated with Vector to notify based aircraft so they would not be double-charged.
Bob said ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting) training begins Monday and that he and Casey will be qualified so they can respond during daytime hours; the current training block was described as a 40-hour program split between classroom and hands-on work in the truck.
Lochner consultant Connor Butterfield gave a timeline for projects: painting work on taxi lanes is expected to take about three to five days once dates are set; procurement for snow removal equipment (SRE) — described as a 10-wheel dump truck with front and side plows — is under FAA review; preliminary design for taxiway Charlie is awaiting geotechnical soils reports and final survey/topo before final plans can be prepared. Butterfield said grant paperwork for taxiway Kilo is in a county official's inbox and, if awarded, construction could proceed in the summer months when soils are drier.
The manager also noted outreach and events: the ALP (airport layout plan) open house for public comment has been completed and the plan was turned over to the FAA for review; the authority is planning a Run the Runway event in September and working with organizers on a Cash Air Fest community airshow in June with static displays and demonstrations. A university-led AirFest planning update later in the meeting described a two-day program with training and an open-house airshow expected to draw several thousand attendees and requiring NOTAMs and temporary activity restrictions during the event.
No board votes were taken on operational items listed in the manager's report. Several items require federal review or grants before construction can proceed; staff identified follow-up tasks including final survey/geotech reports, FAA feedback on SRE procurement, and a formal budget amendment for software funding.
