Commonwealth Ports Authority board director Barrie Toves would like funding for a tractor to maintain grounds within and outside the perimeters of the Rota International Airport.<\/p>\n
Right now, he said parts of the airport\u2019s tractor are obsolete. He said insects in the tall grass cause birds to congregate in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be able to mitigate that. Our staff down there won\u2019t be able to do that if we don\u2019t have adequate equipment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to him, CPA\u2019s finance committee agreed to fund this tractor through a supplemental budget request after it was taken out of the proposed 2015 budget. The funding was not included in the $185,345 supplemental budget approved by the CPA board this week through surplus from CPA\u2019s airport gross revenue fund but the finance committee stated they would work on the matter.<\/p>\n
Toves said Rota asked earlier that CPA\u2019s financing and accounting work with Rota to find three quotations and from there work toward a supplemental budget. He said he was surprised that that did not happen at the board meeting this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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