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Bay City airport remains without card fuel after vendor contract dispute; US Bank switch underway

5341926 · July 10, 2025
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Airport manager said pumps have been offline since the 30th because the payment processor contract was not acceptable to the city; staff are switching to a US Bank solution and hope to restore card payments quickly once remaining documents are approved.

Bay City Airport’s self-service fuel pumps have been offline for card payments since the 30th after the airport’s credit-card processor contract raised legal concerns, Airport Manager Brian King told the Airport Advisory Committee at its July meeting.

King said Epic Fuels (the airport’s previous back-end processor) sold to World Fuels last fall and the city received a notice in mid-June asking the city to sign a continuation contract. “Our attorney looked at the contract, didn’t like the language on it,” King said, and the sticking point was a data-breach clause that would have left the city potentially fully liable without a cap on costs.…

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