The Crossville city council approved a
plan discussed during the council's earlier work session on how to
handle operation of the new corporate hanger at the Crossville
Memorial Airport.
The new hanger is now complete and
council also approved the final change order on the construction that
reduced the cost of the total project by $13,296. The total cost of
the hanger is around $1 million and with a grant, the city's portion
of the cost was 5 percent or around $50,000.
Crossville Memorial Airport
There was a short discussion at the
work session on the operation of the hanger. The city does not yet
know what the average utilities cost will be for the operation nor
what kind of demand the hanger will generate and rental revenue. The
discussion from airport manager Chris Bennett of Crossville Areo included some typical
rental charges for use of hangers at other airports in the area that
Bennett researched.
Word for word: Airport hanger discussion
The discussion turned to allowing
Bennett to rent the entire hanger from the city allowing him to
operate the facility, paying for the utilities and a monthly rental
charge while allowing Bennett to keep any fees generated by the use
of the hanger.
At the regular meeting, Mayor James
Mayberry explained that the city would accept $200 a month rent from
Bennett for the use of the hanger. Mayberry moved to approve the
agreement that would be amended to the rental agreement the city
already has with the fixed base operator.
The motion was supported by councilman
Danny Wyatt and with no further discussion, the motion was
unanimously approved by all four council members present. Councilman
J. H. Graham was unable to attend the meeting.
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