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Private partner offers to fund Jet A fuel truck at Collegedale airport; commissioners debate pricing control and risk
Summary
SkyBoss and private stakeholders proposed leasing and subsidizing a Jet A fuel truck for Collegedale’s airport, offering to cover lease, maintenance and insurance and to guarantee a baseline of recent Jet A profits while sharing upside; commissioners expressed support for a truck but raised concerns about city control of retail pricing, staff training, and budget exposure and asked staff and the private partner to refine an agreement.
Private stakeholders working on the SkyBoss hangar project proposed on Nov. 24 to finance a leased Jet A fuel truck for the Collegedale municipal airport and to subsidize early sales in order to stimulate volume. Franklin (private partner) told the commission SkyBoss would fund the truck lease, pay associated maintenance and insurance, and guarantee the airport’s recent average Jet A profit—cited in the discussion as roughly $7,000—so the city would “be out nothing” if volume remained low.
Under the proposal, airport staff would operate the truck during normal…
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