Two Fayette County
commissioners announced on Friday that they will name a new board member
for the airport authority at a meeting on Feb. 19, when they accept the
resignation of Terry “Tuffy” Shallenberger.
Democrats Al Ambrosini
and Vince Zapotosky said they are concerned about operations at the
Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport, but they trust the appointed
board to meet the requirements of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation.
Shallenberger resigned when the board furloughed airport manager Mary Fast last month. No replacement has been named.
Board member Myrna Giannopoulus is performing the day-to-day duties of that job on a voluntary basis.
After
the shake-up, Republican Commissioner Angela Zimmerlink announced that a
special meeting should be held between the authority board and the
commissioners.
“While the Fayette County commissioners are
concerned about administration of the Joseph A. Hardy/Connellsville
Airport by the Fayette County Airport Authority, they believe it should
be up to the authority members to handle the situation,” Ambrosini and
Zapotosky said in a prepared statement released on Friday through county
clerk Amy Revak.
In an emailed statement, Zimmerlink wrote that
it is the commissioners' responsibility to govern “the millions of tax
dollars that flow to the airport authority.”
This week,
Giannopoulus and board member Jesse Wallace expressed concerns about
maintaining safety, continuing day-to-day operations and meeting federal
aviation regulations.
Solicitor Gretchen Mundorff said the
authority must resolve concerns cited in a recent audit by the Federal
Aviation Administration and obtain signatures on leases she has prepared
for tenants at the airport in Dunbar Township.
Story: http://triblive.com
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