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Parowan shifts airport duties to city, narrows FBO role to services and repairs
Summary
Parowan City presented a responsibilities matrix moving security, maintenance, NOTAMs, capital planning, hangar billing and prairie-dog management to city control while the FBO will focus on repair services, hangar and pilot-lounge amenities, and value-added services.
Parowan City told its Airport Board on Feb. 9 that it is reconfiguring airport management so the city and its new airport manager take on most day-to-day operational responsibilities while the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) concentrates on aircraft repair and customer services. City Manager Dan Jessen presented a responsibilities matrix that assigns NOTAM issuance, hangar inspections and billing, general airport maintenance outside the main hangar, capital improvement planning, FAA and UDOT reporting, prairie-dog management and snow plowing to city oversight.
Jessen said the new arrangement is designed to keep the airport closer to budget neutral by collecting utilities and rent from the FBO and the airport house tenant and by limiting the airport manager’s official duties to about 25 hours per week while the city shares major capital project work. He said standard operating procedures — including when automatic plowing begins and when NOTAMs are issued — are being developed and multiple employees will be trained to ensure coverage when the airport manager is unavailable.
