AIR EVAC LEASE

The Air Evac lease is interesting to say the least.  But the alderman’s comments last year are even more interesting!!  If Air Evac is paying $300/month, then so should the Tee-hangar tenants.   Air Evac for $300 is entitled to water and sewer service, use of close to an acre of airport property, and a heated hangar, which alone should rent for $300 per month.   But what Air Evac is paying is irrelevant. The point to all of this is that in trying to run off all of the tenants buy raising the rent, the city discriminated against the fixed wing tenants.   

Air Evac is going to move.   It appears that one of two things needs to happen to fix this.  Either the city will have to raise Air Evac’s rent, which they cannot do, or lower the fixed wing tenants rent to the 07 levels.   What would this do?   Fill the hangars, and produce more revenue that the city is producing now.   The city has proven that they are not exorcizing their responsibilities in a manner that is consistent with their Federal obligations.   

The goal of the city is to force the tenants off of the airport.  Did they want to run off Air Evac?         POOR MAGEMENT, POOR JUDGEMENT, POOR PLANNING, IRRESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP. 

In a previous posted about the gentleman in the 421 Cessna from Denver that landed at Sullivan and then drove to St. Clair to do business.  This projects the attitude of “DON’T COME HERE!!!!  WE DON’T WANT PILOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.   IF YOU ARE A PILOT, WE DON’T WANT YOUR BUSINESS EITHER!!!!”    This is a brilliant economic plan.