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Airport authority briefs council on runway and terminal needs, asks about county mill levy support

City of Cut Bank City Council
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Summary

An airport authority representative outlined aging infrastructure, FAA/state funding formulas (FAA ~90–95% with a local match), an estimated runway reseal of roughly $500,000 and a terminal renovation around $1,000,000 (local match ~ $300,000), and said a countywide mill levy could help build reserves and pay for local match and maintenance.

The airport authority chairman told the council that the airport’s infrastructure is aging and that future projects will require a combination of federal, state and local funding.

The chairman reviewed the airport’s financing history: beginning in earlier decades the city and county each contributed two mills as airport sponsorship, but legal and funding changes around 2018 reduced local revenue and left the authority with limited reserves. He said the FAA typically funds the majority of runway projects (he cited…

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