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Airport authority presents air‑service update, terminal expansion plans and tax metrics
Summary
Airport representatives told the Hall County Board of Commissioners the airport had a record year of nearly 76,000 passengers in 2025, outlined a forthcoming terminal expansion and asked the board to note levy and tax‑ask metrics including a $657,000 tax request and an air‑service incentive line of $400,000.
Airport authority representatives delivered a budget and service update to the Hall County Board of Commissioners, citing a near‑record 2025 passenger total and plans to expand the terminal.
Speaker 9, an airport authority representative, said the airport logged “almost 76,000” passengers in 2025 and reviewed current routes served by American (via SkyWest), Allegiant and other carriers. He said SkyWest expects schedule changes by November that should make Dallas‑Fort Worth connections easier for local travelers.
The presenter reviewed recent capital work — a completed snow‑removal equipment building and partial storage‑facility construction — and said design work for a terminal expansion is underway, with a bid award expected in March and subsequent Federal Aviation Administration steps before construction moves forward.
On taxes and levies, the presenter described a tax ask figure of $657,000 (the same as the prior year), listed general fund operations at $157,668 and flagged a $400,000 line for air‑service incentives. He described the overall levy discussion in percentage terms and said, “our total tax expense is actually down 3.54%.”
Speaker 9 also announced a public unveiling of an Aviator statue in the terminal scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 6, at 5:00 p.m.
Commissioners responded with thanks and recognition for airport staff and long‑serving board members; no formal action on airport budget lines was recorded in the transcript.
The airport presentation closes with the authority’s request that the board continue to note airport investments and schedule the announced public event. The meeting moved on to additional presentations.
