Hamilton County Airport Authority moves to restore Sheridan fuel, approves hangar and construction steps

The Hamilton County Airport Authority on Aug. 13 voted to repair Sheridan Airport’s fuel tank, start a short-term fuel-management arrangement with JetAccess and approve several construction and personnel steps as the county integrates the newly acquired Sheridan facility.

The board approved two motions to get fuel available at Sheridan quickly: up to $15,000 to repair and ready the existing fuel tank, and a provisional, month-to-month arrangement with JetAccess to provide fuel-farm management and credit-card processing while a final contract is negotiated. Authority members said the repairs and contract are funded from the appropriation set aside at acquisition and not from the authority’s general operating budget.

Why it matters: Sheridan has transferred to county ownership and lacked reliable fuel operations at takeover. Restoring on-site fuel availability is the top operational priority cited by airport staff; without it aircraft operations and tenant services remain limited.

Board actions and context

Sheridan fuel and JetAccess Airport Director Sam (identified in the meeting as the airport director) told the board he had identified about $1,314,000 in work that would fully refurbish the tank and associated systems, but characterized several line items as ancillary. For immediate service, staff sought board authority to spend “up to $15,000” to perform the repairs…