The airport manager told the Airport Authority Board that the Federal Aviation Administration advised the airport to stop permitting paragliders after an inspector raised airspace and safety concerns. The FAA’s Flight Standards District Office in Salt Lake City told staff paragliders operating from the airport must contact the Air Route Traffic Control Center before each flight because the airport sits under controlled airspace beginning at 700 feet; the ARTC is unlikely to grant routine approvals, the manager said, and the airport has stopped permitting paragliding operations.

The manager, Bob, said fewer than 10 local participants were affected and that access to an abandoned runway used by glider operators had been closed by changing the gate combination. He described operational problems from glider use — mud tracked onto taxiways, a broken light — and said the FAA’s intervention led to the current restriction. "So that's where we're at with paragliders... No more paragliders at the airport as per the FAA," Bob said.

In the manager’s operations report, staff also described small purchases funded from year-end money: a foreign object debris (FOD) mat to pick up runway debris, a pressure washer and dish-rack cleaning systems to clean runway/taxiway light lenses, and a PAPI digital aiming device to verify the glide-angle light alignment. The board also reviewed the 2025 capital-project plan: a runway paint/striping project (estimated $140,000 total; local share about $42,000), a federal/state taxi-lane-kilo resurfacing project (estimated $1.1 million total; local share roughly $30,000), snow-removal equipment (a broom attachment estimated at $250,000 with a local share of about $6,000–$7,000), taxiway Charlie reconstruction (estimated $800,000; local share about $150,000) and potential work to move the PAPI control units pending FAA determination.

Judd, the airport consultant, said the master plan and airport layout plan were in draft and under technical-advisory review; FAA final approval timelines are uncertain and have lengthened in recent years. "The plan does show the development spaces that help with both small hangar development... these are large hangar developments," Judd said while describing map zones for small and large hangars and taxiway classifications.

Separately, Professor Baron, representing event planning and the Division of Aeronautics, updated the board on an airport open house planned for Saturday, June 28, 2025, with a one-day conference on June 27 at Utah State University. The open house program will include workshops, static displays and performers; organizers have secured an approved air boss and some performers and are coordinating with military and civilian participants. Baron said the airport authority previously provided $2,000 toward an open-house event and asked for continued coordination and support.

Board members asked staff for a monthly financial briefing at the next meeting so members would be familiar with budget categories and local shares related to projects. The board also heard that tower-repair specifications had been issued to contractors and that alternate bids to remove the tower were included in the solicitation.