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Shell Lake council permits private mobile aviation fuel truck with insurance condition
Summary
The Shell Lake City Council unanimously approved allowing a four-member LLC to place a mobile fueling truck on airport property for 100LL aviation fuel, conditioned on an insurance policy acceptable to the city's carrier; the aeroclub will arrange a road connection and refilling at a 1,200-gallon tank.
The Shell Lake City Council on Sept. 9 unanimously authorized a privately owned mobile fuel truck to operate on municipal airport property, provided the owner LLC supplies an insurance policy acceptable to the city's insurer.
City Council President Ken Schultz moved the Airport Committee item to the front of the agenda before hearing the request. David Neilsen introduced the four-member LLC — himself, Gerry Winch, Dan Riplinger and Terry Leckel — seeking permission to station a mobile fueling truck to dispense 100LL aviation fuel. Neilsen said pilots currently haul fuel to the airport in five-gallon containers, climb a ladder and transfer fuel using a funnel; he described the proposed arrangement as safer and more convenient and said it would impose no cost to the city. He added the 1,200-gallon tank would be refilled at the SRE building and that the aeroclub would handle the road connection to that building.
Council members asked operational and safety questions. Neilsen said the truck was “in good condition” and that it had been owned and operated previously by the Madison airport. Gerry Winch said the vehicle is FAA-approved and that the Bureau of Aeronautics had no objection to running the truck on the runway. Winch also confirmed the LLC would meet any conditions required by the city's insurance carrier.
Stephen Smith moved, seconded by Deb Nebel, to permit placement of the mobile fuel truck owned and operated by the LLC, conditioned on providing an insurance policy acceptable to the city's insurance carrier; the motion carried unanimously. Smith noted that failing to approve aviation-related items could put the city's entitlements at risk.
The council record shows the request was not presented as a commercial operation open to the general public; Neilsen said the fuel is for the LLC members and a select few pilots based at the airport, though the LLC could consider broader access in the future. The council did not specify additional municipal costs or further operational restrictions beyond insurance approval.
