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Rio Vista airport panel adopts five-year method for hangar, office utility fees
Summary
The Airport Advisory Commission voted unanimously to adopt a five‑year methodology to set monthly utility fees for hangars and airport office space, recommending the change to the City Council. Staff said rates are prorated from prior-year PG&E and propane bills and apply to hangars without meters.
The Rio Vista Airport Advisory Commission voted unanimously to adopt a five‑year methodology for calculating monthly utility fees for hangars and terminal offices and recommended the change to the City Council.
A Public Works representative told commissioners the proposed approach prorates costs from the previous year’s PG&E and propane invoices and divides them among nonmetered hangars and office suites, then averages the amounts to produce a monthly charge. “Since not all facilities have meters, the proposed new rates apply to hangars without meters,” the presenter said. The staff report described separate analyses for hangars and office spaces and said the 2025 proposal is largely the same as last year with only minor changes.
During discussion, commissioners asked whether the allocation percentages were based on square footage and how vacant suites are handled. Staff said the allocation uses measured quadrants of the building (suites A–D), that vacant suites are paid for by the city and should be shut off when unoccupied, and that all city HVAC systems are managed centrally through an autonomy system at city hall.
Two members of the public spoke to the item. Sue Clark of Oak Ridge Way asked the commission to delay a vote and re‑study whether the larger corporate or commercial hangars were properly included in the rate analysis; staff replied those hangars have separate meters and are listed on the rate sheet (examples cited in discussion included a $30.37 basic T‑hangar line and two commercial entries shown as $29.90 and $29.94 on the sheet). “So they are in there,” staff said, explaining commercial hangars pay their own PG&E bills.
Clerk (reading motion) moved to adopt the methodology and recommend final approval to the City Council; Chairman Jeff Budner, Vice Chair Edmondson and Commissioner Magaha voted yes and the motion passed.
The adoption sends the methodology to the City Council for final approval. The commission did not accept the public request to delay the vote for broader re‑study; members instead described technical clarifications (square footage allocation, vacant-suite treatment and meter status) that staff said they would continue to document.
Next steps: staff will transmit the adopted methodology and rate sheet to the City Council for final action and continue to finalize signage and reporting items for tenant communications.
