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Monroe City council accepts donated 2025 Cadillac SUV for Charlotte Monroe Executive Airport
Summary
The council adopted a resolution to accept a donated 2025 Cadillac SUV from Hendrick Cadillac Monroe to serve as a courtesy/crew car at Charlotte Monroe Executive Airport; the donation includes an informal refresh schedule and signage acknowledging the donor.
Monroe City Council on Sept. 9 adopted a resolution accepting the donation of a 2025 Cadillac SUV from Hendrick Cadillac Monroe to serve as a courtesy (crew) car at Charlotte Monroe Executive Airport. Malcolm Wicks, identified in the meeting as the prior airport manager, introduced the donation and described the vehicle’s intended use.
Wicks told council the courtesy car will be made available to visiting pilots and aircraft passengers for short trips — typically two hours — to go to restaurants or run errands. He said Hendrick Automotive Group agreed to donate the vehicle and indicated they plan to refresh the vehicle approximately every two years so the airport’s crew car remains newer and below an anticipated 10,000-mile use between swaps. Wicks said staff has begun coordinating insurance and title transfer and that the vehicle will be marked on the back as a “courtesy car” with Hendrick Cadillac Monroe signage and assigned a dedicated parking space at the airport.
The council member who introduced the motion said, “I move to adopt a resolution accepting the donation.” A second was recorded and council approved the resolution by members raising hands. The meeting record shows no roll-call tally; the minutes record the motion as adopted by voice/hand-raise.
The council did not adopt any ordinance or condition in the meeting minutes tying the donation to ongoing obligations beyond title transfer and insurance coordination. Wicks said he will continue to finalize arrangements with the dealer about the refresh cadence and other operational details.
No separate budget amendment or ongoing funding commitment for the vehicle was recorded in the meeting. The council did not specify whether the vehicle will be added to the city’s vehicle fleet inventory or to which department custodial responsibility will be assigned; those implementation details were described as still in progress by staff.
The donation item was introduced early in the meeting and concluded before the council moved to the next agenda item.
