The yellow outlines some of the property owned by the Board of Aviation Commission including the recently acquired parcel of land between CR 100E and CR 175E. (Photo taken from Beacon Online Mapping)

In a brief 15 minute meeting Tuesday, members of the Board of Aviation Commissioners for the Warsaw Municipal Airport were told the acquisition of 81.93 acres from Ceres Farms LLC, east of CR 100E and adjacent to property owned by the airport, is final and the airport is “good to go.”

The announcement was made following a brief comment by Nick King, airport manager, on behalf of Ken Ross, NGC, Corp., on an environmental study relating to potential expansion of the airport and movement of power lines in that area. King stated the study has been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration and an update should be available in June.

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During other business, Warsaw Flying Club was given permission to temporarily place a banner on the outside of its hanger until the owner of the hanger can make a request to place a permanent sign on the building. Jon Fussle had submitted an updated sign request to place a 10-foot long by 5-foot wide sign on the building. However the owner of the building was not present to make the official request.

Ernie Wiggins, commissioner, expressed reservations about allowing a temporary sign. “I don’t want to see a temporary sign up for six months.” Jay Rigdon, commission president, and backed by the board, stated the banner would be approved for 30 days. “Get the owner here at the next meeting to get it decided and get something permanent.”

King noted he had checked with other airports and there was no “rhyme or reason” to signs at other facilities. Some had no sign requirements and others had a “do what you want” policy.

To eliminate hanger owners having to come to the commission to place a sign, it was requested by commission members to create standards for Warsaw Municipal Airport for the board to approve.

“More of a regulation on how you want the airport to look than land use,” stated Mayor Joe Thallemer. It was noted the airport is zoned Industrial 2 and the previous sign request by the club was within the guideline, but was rejected by the board as being too large.