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Flagler County approves Van Dam Helicopters lease, awards airport terminal contract; panel creates airport zoning commission and working group
Summary
The county approved a 30‑year ground lease with Van Dam Helicopters and awarded the Flagler Executive Airport terminal contract to Sauer Construction. Commissioners also established an Airport Zoning Commission and an Airport Master Plan Working Group to guide future airport development and land‑use oversight.
Flagler County commissioners voted to approve a 30‑year ground lease with Van Dam Helicopters and to award the airport terminal construction contract to Sauer Construction, while also creating an Airport Zoning Commission and an Airport Master Plan Working Group to oversee future airport development.
The most immediate action was approval of a ground lease for Van Dam Helicopters, which would allow the company to build a metal hangar and carry out maintenance, refurbishment and testing of large helicopters at Flagler Executive Airport. Roy Seager, airport director, described the proposal as bringing a “maintenance, repair and overhaul” operation to the airport that would create on‑site jobs and use existing airport infrastructure. The motion to approve the lease passed on a…
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