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Airport board adopts revised hangar lease, sets flight‑line rate at 47¢
Summary
The Cache County Airport Authority Board approved revised hangar lease terms that change billing to lot size, tie annual increases to Social Security COLA, clarify hookup and utility responsibility, and set rates at 37¢ off the flight line and 47¢ on the flight line; a proposed $2M aggregate insurance requirement was removed.
The Cache County Airport Authority Board voted to adopt a revised standard hangar lease that changes how rent is calculated, clarifies tenant responsibilities and sets new rates for flight‑line and non‑flight‑line sites.
Airport manager Bob presented the recommended edits, saying the board should bill “for the total site that the hangar is on” rather than the hangar’s internal dimensions and should link annual rent increases to the Social Security cost‑of‑living percentage. He told the board a one‑time hookup fee would remain at $1,000 or the prevailing city connection fee, whichever is greater, and that leases will specify that lessees are responsible for utilities “including, but not limited to, water, sewer, power, gas, and telecommunications.”
Why it mattered: the changes are intended to bring airport lease rates more in line with statewide averages and to clarify responsibilities in a way the airport manager said will support better compliance with FAA funding requirements.
Board debate centered on insurance and rates. The Logan City Attorney had recommended general liability coverage of $1,000,000 with a $2,000,000 aggregate for all hangar tenants; Bob described that recommendation as coming from the city attorney and said it could be discussed further. Speaker 3 moved to accept the manager’s recommended changes but to remove the $2,000,000 aggregate while maintaining the $1,000,000 liability requirement; Speaker 5 seconded. The board then accepted a friendly amendment to set rent at 37¢ per square foot for non‑flight‑line sites and 47¢ per square foot for flight‑line sites (a 10¢ premium to cover additional services such as snow removal and pavement maintenance).
On the insurance question, Bob told the board the attorney’s recommendation was meant to apply to all tenants, not only hangars storing fuel; board members said they understood the concern that cleanup costs after a fuel spill can be substantially higher than $1,000,000 but expressed reluctance to impose an excessive insurance burden on all tenants. The motion that passed removed the $2,000,000 aggregate but kept the $1,000,000 liability requirement as the lease’s baseline.
The chair called a voice vote and announced the motion carried unanimously with no opposed votes. The board directed staff to post the final lease in its completed form with the public meeting materials so prospective lessees and current tenants may review it; the airport manager said the approved lease applies to new leases going forward and will not alter existing active leases until those come up for renewal.
What happens next: the board agreed to publish the final lease document with the agenda packet and to continue informal outreach to hangar owners about how the new lot‑size billing and flight‑line premium will be applied. Specific implementation dates were not specified in the meeting record.
