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Commissioners press for clearer funding path as Linn County airport strategic plan advances
Summary
County staff outlined a draft 1–5 year strategic plan for the county airport and sought commissioner guidance on whether to pursue federal or state grants, taxpayer funding, or a mixed capital-improvement approach; commissioners asked for a clearer implementation timeline and an August 11 completion target for the plan.
County staff presented a draft strategic plan for Linn County’s airport and asked the commission to clarify how the county should fund improvements, with staff recommending more information on the tradeoffs between federal grants, state funding and county tax dollars.
The airport presentation came from a county staff member who said the plan is not finished and that an airport committee meeting would be held the following day to refine a one- to five‑year capital-improvement plan. "I think we're looking for just kinda what the direction that we're going with the airport," the presenter said, summarizing what the commission had requested: a year‑by‑year set of priorities so the board could more readily approve incremental projects.
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