The Greenbrier County Airport Authority meet on Tuesday afternoon, May 17, in which officials announced that revenue continues to flow into the Greenbrier Valley Airport via grant funding and fuel sales.
Greenbrier Valley Airport Chief Financial Officer Martha Levisay told the airport’s governing board that April’s ordinary operating income created a profit of $71,386.17. Additional CARES pandemic grant funding placed the airport’s April profits at $162,767.24 for the month.
“We’re doing much better than this same time last year last year,” she said.
Fuel sales for the month of April totaled $288,854.67; last year’s April fuel sales were just $117,057.44, she said.
Levisay stated that payroll accounts for the airport’s largest expense, but that is down thanks to the airport being fully staffed, reducing the need for overtime pay.
“Overtime kills us, and that’s been helpful. We have really good people now,” she said.
Board members were presented with a proposed budget for the next fiscal year. They will review it before voting on it at next month’s meeting.
In other business, the board discussed the design on a snow equipment building and the associated site reviews and grant applications to the Federal Aviation Administration. There was also discussion of a terminal study and development of an upgrade of the airport terminal building.
The board then went into executive session. According to the agenda, items up for discussion in the executive session were personnel matters, updates on the SkyWest essential air service, and more.
The airport authority is set to meet again on June 21 at 2 p.m. at the state fair board room.
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