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Supervisor Lattman cites multi-year losses and potential savings in case for county takeover of airport
Summary
Supervisor Roger Lattman told colleagues the Mohave County Airport Authority has had multi-year operating losses and outside legal expenses; he estimated conservative annual savings of about $166,000 if the county assumes control of airport operations.
Supervisor Roger Lattman presented the board with figures and an operational argument for bringing the Mohave County Airport Authority under county control. Lattman said the resolution includes a 19-point finding and that an initial, high-level review of the authority's finances showed substantial legal and consulting expenses that could be reduced if county departments assumed the work.
Lattman gave specific cost examples: "The airport authority in the last fiscal year spent around a $175,000 in legal fees. They have budgeted for the new fiscal year $25,000," and later added, "We could probably save a $166,000, okay, in operating expense for the airport authority." He also cited operating losses: "fiscal 25, they lost $563,400 on 3,700,000 of revenue," and said the following fiscal year showed a larger loss. Lattman urged the board to obtain the authority's books to verify the situation and moved to approve the agenda item authorizing condemnation proceedings.
Lattman framed the effort as preserving taxpayer resources and bringing centralized county expertise — finance, HR, procurement and legal — to the airport’s operations. The transcript records his financial claims as board statements; independent verification would require access to the airport authority’s audited financial statements or county analysis.
