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Airport board removes snow‑removal equipment from CIP, keeps fencing and AWOS on schedule
Summary
Broadwater County’s airport board voted to drop the $1 million snow‑removal equipment and storage building from the 2027 Capital Improvement Plan, while keeping wildlife/terminal fencing and an AWOS replacement in later years. The motion passed by voice vote.
The Broadwater County Airport Board voted to remove the planned snow‑removal equipment and storage building from the 2027 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), citing cost and low near‑term priority.
Lance Bowser, the airport consultant, reviewed the county’s non‑primary entitlement funding and CIP priorities. Board members noted the airport has a contracting arrangement for snow removal and two relatively new snowplows as contingency; several members argued the $1 million snow facility was unlikely to be needed in the next five years. After discussion, a board member moved to remove the snow removal equipment and storage building from the 2027 CIP; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The board left other CIP items in place, including wildlife/terminal‑area fencing (estimated about $760,000), an AWOS replacement (estimated around $375,000) and pavement maintenance planned for 2030. Board members discussed possible grant timing, cost‑sharing and the option to borrow non‑primary entitlement (NPE) funds from other airports’ allocations to accelerate projects.
Board members instructed staff and the consultant to retain the revised CIP schedule and to revisit priorities if funding or operational needs change.
The board’s motion to remove the snow equipment was recorded as a voice vote with no opposition called on record.
