Tuesday evening, the City Council motioned to appoint members of the Airport Advisory Board for Green River’s Intergalactic Spaceport. The motion confirmed the Mayor Pete Rust’s appointment of Gordon Gunter, Ed DeCastro, Barry Tippy, Ed McPherson, Dorothy Krauss, Holden Wright and Councilman Brett Stokes to the Green River Airport Advisory Board.
It was Councilman Alan Wilson who moved the motion with another council member’s second. Councilman Gary Killpack opposed the motion, and the motion carried regardless, with two motions to carry.
“I voted against it not because of the people on the board, I voted against it because I’m not in favor of the whole project,” Killpack said. “I just think it’s a waste of time for this city. I don’t think it’s productive at all at this time for the city of Green River and for the citizens. Plus, I don’t know any citizens that are in favor of it that’s not on the board.”
An issue the city council has concerns about when it comes to the Airport Advisory Board is when it comes to city funding. They are OK with approving the board, as long as the board does not need city money. If the board asked to borrow money at a federal level, it will ultimately be up to the city council to decide whether to allow for it. The city council is in the driver’s seat, as Rust said.
“I believe that we are not going to and we’ve consistently said that we’re not going to fund the project and I think there’s no harm in allowing the board to exist, but I really do believe that the citizens of Green River do not support the project,” Rust said. “I don’t support the project in terms of developing an airport and I don’t support giving any money to it. If somehow creating a board can offer some opportunity to these folks to do some things in house and relay themselves then I don’t have a problem with it.”
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