Airport board gets new voice

County lake resident Kenneth Hoyt, a new member of the Marion Municipal Airport board, introduced himself to city council members at Tuesday’s rescheduled meeting.

“I just wanted to pop in real quick,” Hoyt told council members. “Starting the next meeting I would like to start being the airport spokesman.”

Hoyt says he wants to give council members briefings on how things are at the airport, which he said is in poor shape.

“I’m confident everything is going to work out,” he said, noting that hangar doors were damaged in an August storm.

“Out of sight, out of mind, and I don’t say that flippantly,” Mayor Mike Powers said. “Glad to have you on board.”

Powers said he’d like to have Hoyt scheduled for when department heads give reports.