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Airport manager pitches courtesy car to bring visiting pilots into Oscoda County businesses
Summary
Dennis Kauffman Memorial Airport Assistant Manager Brian Smutek proposed a one-year trial courtesy car to encourage visiting pilots to patronize local businesses; commissioners requested a specific motion and suggested a trial period but took no formal vote.
Brian Smutek, assistant airport manager at Dennis Kauffman Memorial Airport, told the board he surveyed pilots and received more than 100 positive responses supporting a courtesy car to be made available to visiting pilots. He said local businesses had offered to help cover insurance costs and that the airport would provide visitor cards and a binder of local resources to the vehicle.
Commissioner Charles E. Varner Jr. said he was willing to proceed on a one-year trial basis. The board asked Mr. Smutek to return with a specific motion and a formal agreement for how the vehicle would be assigned and insured; no vote occurred at this meeting.
Smutek said the motor pool has a vehicle available for the program and that any use would require a pre-approved agreement between the airport manager and the individual requesting the vehicle. The record does not include finalized insurance arrangements, a proposed budget, or a start date for a trial.
Because commissioners did not take a formal vote, the program remains at the planning stage pending a future motion and documentation of insurance and vehicle-assignment procedures.
