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Council extends airport manager agreement for one year and hears operational updates
Summary
Council authorized a one-year extension of the airport manager agreement at $1,000 per month, directing a budget review after one year. Airport manager Rick Lendin reported on grant-backed runway mitigation, a sustainability grant for charging infrastructure, fuel-management plans and tie-down fee notifications.
The Golden City Council moved to authorize the mayor to extend the airport manager agreement for one year at a rate of $1,000 per month, with the budget committee scheduled to review the arrangement after the one-year period. The motion was made, seconded and called for a voice vote; a single 'oppose' was recorded during the vote in the transcript but the motion carried.
Airport manager Rick Lendin updated the council on several operational items. He said wetlands mitigation work supporting a runway-widening project is underway with Approach Engineering and that the airport has a pending second grant application expected to be decided in the coming weeks. Lendin described a sustainability grant the airport has applied for to support electric vehicle charging and electric aircraft infrastructure; he said staff will follow up if council wants the grant to fund vehicle charging or other priorities.
Lendin reported operational details including tie-down charge ordinance notifications to aircraft owners, a current fuel inventory of about 1,000 gallons, an imminent fuel-system inspection and plans to order a moderate refill because aviation fuel prices have increased significantly. He also described efforts to produce legal lot descriptions to finalize purchase-and-sale agreements for airport-adjacent lots and a plan to make runway lights visually uniform pending a later full replacement.
Council and staff discussed the airport courtesy car, which is out of service because of insurance and liability concerns; staff suggested verification systems (scanning insurance cards or IDs) and said the airport lacks on-site personnel to manage such checks. Council members raised the prospect of using sustainability grant funds for chargers or an electric courtesy car and asked staff to investigate feasible options and insurance solutions.
The council did not finalize further contract changes at the meeting; staff and the budget committee will review financial implications at the one-year check-in.
