Landing fees get off the ground

The Saratoga Airport Board, minus chairman Lance Grubb, heard updates from airport manager Bob Maddox on newly implemented landing fees as well as a report on the asbestos in the defunct terminal tower at Shively Airfield during their regularly scheduled meeting at 1 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Saratoga Town Hall. There was also a brief update on the perennial issue of hangar leases. In Grubb’s absence, vice-chair Arlen Hughes ran the meeting.

After making the decision to begin charging fees similar to the Ralph Wenz Airport in Pinedale and working with the Saratoga Jet Center on the logistics, the...