Council backs ordinance work for airport fees and agrees to advertise fuel availability

Rick Lundin, the airport manager, told council he would like the city to prepare ordinances allowing the airport to charge standard items such as monthly tie-down fees, hangar leases (box/t-hangar), land leases for hangar construction and related long-term-parking or late-fee provisions. He said the city currently lacks clear ordinance authority for several of those items and shared comparative materials from other Washington and Oregon airports.

Lundin also asked the council for permission to pay a small recurring fee to advertise that fuel is available at Goldendale to make fueling availability more consistent for transient pilots. He said the listing cost would be about $30 a month or $30 a year depending on the service and that the airport had spent about $50 to be listed at another service previously.

"The main one that we should get going is the monthly tie-down... Ultimately, we'll need to come up with a hangar rental cost... and the land leases for those size hangars," Lundin said, describing the items the ordinance work should address. (Remarks by Rick Lundin.)

Councilmembers agreed it would be appropriate to have the ordinance committee work with the airport manager to draft necessary code changes. Council also indicated consensus to move forward with the advertising/listing for fuel availability and to form an ordinance committee meeting that includes Lundin to refine recommended language for council consideration.

No formal ordinance was adopted at this meeting; staff will coordinate committee work and return recommendations to council for action.