At the January 11, 2010 Sac City Council meeting, Sac City Councilmen Nich Frohardt asked for a clarification about who is responsible for snow removal at the Sac Municipal Airport. Sac City Administrator, Adam Ledford answered that the City of Sac City clears the runways.
This question was apparently a concern of the Airport Commission’s because City Councilman Brian Muska, the Sac City Council liaison to the Airport Commission said, "What the ...airport has to understand is that the streets are a priority and there's a, I guess a disagreement at points and times that they don't feel that it is adequate service of getting the runways cleared and the hanger area cleared."
According to a city maintenance employee that was present at the meeting, the runways were opened the afternoon just prior to the council meeting. According to Mr. Ledford, clearing the runway became a priority due to a take-off request.
Mr. Muska then asked Mr. Ledford how the city determines how snow removal is prioritized. Mr. Ledford replied that emergency routes for the hospital are cleared out first, followed by a pass of all other city street to make sure that there is complete access to all areas of town. The apparent debate is in choosing between the alleys, piled up snow from the downtown area, and the airport runways.
Mr. Muska asked if were justifiable to send city employees out to the airport while on overtime to remove snow from runways that, "...may or may not be used…" He later continued, “I mean, if they can wait another week and pay at a regular time rate as opposed to getting it done at a time and a half rate, I mean, they have to work with us, being the city, as well and I just don't think ...unless you have an emergency situation... I can’t see paying somebody time and a half and/or double time on a Sunday to go out there and clear the airport. "
According to Mr. Muska, during the 2008-2009 winter season, the airport commission asked the city to come out and clear out the stuff the county had pushed in front of the driveway, which in his opinion was "Totally ridicules."
According to City Administrator Ledford, there are no Federal Aviation Administration rules requiring now removal and no snow was removed from the airport runways between the dates of December 22, 2009 and January 11, 2010.
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