To: Board of Supervisors
From: Greg Baer, Director of Airports
Report Title: Hearing to Consider New Rates and Charges for Buchanan Field Airport and Byron Airport.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. OPEN the public hearing, ACCEPT public testimony, and CLOSE the hearing.
2. ADOPT Resolution establishing new hangar waitlist fee and gate access control card fee at the Buchanan Field Airport and Byron Airport.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Airports Division operates as an Enterprise Fund and finances all of its operating costs from rents and other fees. The revised fee schedule is intended to cover costs for new and existing services provided by the Airports Division. The new Hangar Waitlist Fee and Gate Access Control Card Fee are expected to generate an additional $9,500 annually for the Airport Enterprise Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The most recent rates and charges for the County Airports were adopted on October 16, 2018, and include Consumer Price Index (CPI) escalators every 3 years. Two new fees are being introduced: a Hangar Waitlist Fee and a Gate Access Control Card Fee.
The County's Airports Division owns, maintains, and rents out 185 aircraft hangars comprised of small T-hangars and larger box hangars. Like most airports, County Airports staff maintains hangar waitlists for those desiring to house their aircraft at Buchanan or Byron Airport, or move to a different hangar based on size, location, or price point. Typically for airports, there is an administrative fee charged to be placed on a waitlist, and it's also common for an annual maintenance fee to be collected to account for the staff time required to manage the waitlists.
The County has not yet had an established fee to maintain these lists that require staff's routine attention. As evidenced through the County's current practices, a free waitlist program inherently results in individuals remaining on a list who may not fully intend t...
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