SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Under pressure from the Federal Aviation Administration, the Oregon agency that manages 28 state-owned airports has turned over its property leasing operations to management specialists.
The Salem Statesman Journal reports the change follows the exit of Dan Clem as state aviation director in October 2009. At issue was a lease at the Aurora airport in Marion County that called for a company to do paving work instead of making payments for parking space.
The FAA supplies $150,000 a year to run the airport and said the lease violated benefited the company at the expense of the airport. It ordered corrective action.
The state Aviation Department says the leases are now handled by the Department of Administrative Services.
