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Council advances plan to convert airport to enterprise fund and reconstitute authority
Summary
Council members and county staff discussed recommendations from a year‑old airport governance report — including creating an enterprise fund, separating operations to an expert airport authority, and quarterly sponsor oversight — and directed staff to draft ordinance language and hold further O&P review.
County staff presented a multi‑part plan to change the structure and fiscal handling of the county airport, recommending an enterprise fund, a professionally staffed airport authority and quarterly reporting to the county as sponsor.
An agency official (speaker 2) summarized the report’s roughly 30 recommendations, saying the airport’s 2025 operating fund receipts and balances show it can move toward self‑sufficiency. He noted the airport’s 2025 operating income was read as roughly $682,000 (the presenter corrected an initial misreading), with a cash balance reported at about $1,042,000 and a small capital project fund. He said the county aims to stop contributing…
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