FW: City Airport
Theresa White
City Clerk
201 First Avenue East
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59901
phone: (406) 758-7756
fax: (406) 758-7754
www.kalispell.com
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Subject: FW: City Airport
Members and Non-members, here's a few good questions, can anyone answer
them? I'm sending them on to the city.
Scott, Do you know if the city is still taking questions on the airport?
I've been so involved with the issues at work and the retirement thing
that I haven't thought of much else. Last night, or this morning about
2 a.m. actually, a couple of thoughts came to mind with regard to the
airport deal. They're always talking about the airport as being an
"enterprise fund" and how it pays for itself. Well, my first question
is what exactly is an enterprise fund in the city's definition. I have
a good idea of what it is--a separate bookkeeping entity from the rest
of Kalispell's finances--but I would like to see the numbers of how the
airport pays for itself. The city should have monthly/quarterly/annual
financial statements--balance sheets and profit and loss
statements--that show how the airport is actually paying it's own way.
Have you seen anything like this? If they are still taking questions
to address at their next meeting, I would like to add the following to
the questions: (1) How does the city define "enterprise fund", (2)
Show us the last 2-3 years financial statements that indicate that the
airport actually pays for itself, (3) How does the revenue generated by
the airport compare to the tax revenue that would be generated if this
property were used for residential purposes?
The information presented at the meeting last night left me thinking the
only reasonable solution to the city airport debacle is to remove this
contentious issue from the city agenda and move Red Eagle and the other
private airplanes out to GPI. Let these pilots deal with GPI who are
informed and knowledgeable on these issues. (I don't think they want
that.) I get the feeling that the pilots have been calling all the
shots and walking all over these city government people for a long time
and just can't come to grips with the fact that somebody has the
audacity to challenge them now. They feel a bit threatened--hence,
Scott Richardson's tirade last night.
Oops, didn't mean to get quite so wordy! Anyway, if the city is still
taking questions and comments, is there a particular place to post it?
Thanks again for all your work.
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