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UI pledges money to airport
October 6, 2008, 9:54 am
Airport Manager Robb Parish said he received a letter Friday from UI Vice President of Finance and Administration Lloyd Mues indicating the university would provide $12,500 for the airport’s 2009 operating expenses.
Parish said the letter “made it clear they would not participate in the fire flow,” a multimillion-dollar airport board project to increase water flow in case of emergency.
The UI had previously announced its intention to cease funding for the airport and give up its seat on the airport’s board of directors. UI administrators alerted Parish last month that being in an interlocal agreement with the airport and providing funding was a liability they couldn’t risk, as was UI Real Estate Officer Gerard Billington’s participation on the airport board.
Mues said the intention was never to “yank” funding, adding that UI leaders extended an invitation for Parish to request money on an annual basis when they announced their decision to cease participation in the airport board. The board sent a $20,000 request letter to the UI two weeks ago.
“That’s what we said we would do and we did it,” Mues said.
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