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Georgetown leaders favor policy changes to speed airport development; council backs flexible fuel pricing and longer leases
Summary
Public works and airport staff sought council input on leasing terms, self-serve fuel pricing and a possible PUD update for Georgetown Executive Airport; council members generally supported allowing longer land leases and delegating limited fuel-price flexibility to the airport manager.
Eric Johnson, public works director, and Matthew Summerfield, airport manager, briefed the City Council on the Georgetown Executive Airport’s operations, capital program and draft policy changes aimed at encouraging private investment and modernizing airport administration.
The nut graf: Staff asked council for feedback on three linked items — (1) amending the city’s ordinance to permit longer land-lease terms in some cases, up to 50 years; (2) adopting a retail self‑serve fuel pricing policy that delegates modest daily price adjustments to the airport manager; and (3) pursuing a city-initiated update to the airport PUD to remove conflicts with federal aviation requirements and to better distinguish taxiways and roads.
Johnson and Summerfield described the airport as a FAA-designated “national reliever airport,” with roughly 333 based aircraft and an active FBO, Cutter Aviation. Summerfield noted the field’s role in medical flights, organ transport, EMS, flight training and business aviation,…
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