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Kenosha council approves 35-cent-per-square-foot airport rent increase after tenants object
Summary
The Kenosha Common Council voted Oct. 6 to raise Kenosha Regional Airport land rental rates to 35 cents per square foot. Tenants urged postponement or phased increases, and the airport cited years of deferred increases and $32 million in improvements as rationale.
The Kenosha Common Council voted Oct. 6 to raise land rental rates at Kenosha Regional Airport to 35 cents per square foot, approving the measure 12-0.
The increase was proposed in Resolution I-6 and approved after public comment from airport tenants who called a 40% across-the-board increase excessive. Tenant Shelly Cole, speaking for airport renters, asked the council to “postpone, amend, and amortize the proposed 40% resolution,” saying the hike would fall “on the backs of the little people.” Daniel Feldman, speaking for Southport Hangar, said he…
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