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At its October 21 meeting, District Council gave staff the green light to proceed with public consultation on a draft business case study for the Muskoka Airport and transitioning its management to a Municipal Services Corporation (MSC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Municipal Act allows municipalities to create a Municipal Services Corporation basically to provide any program or service that [a] municipality can provide,” Michael Murray of Murray Advisory Services, the consultant hired by the District to help the airport transition, told council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is anticipated that moving to an MSC model can help streamline decision-making and enable the corporation to carry out a variety of other revenue-generating activities, including increasing its debt financing capacity while containing the risk to the municipality related to the corporation’s activities and focusing on creating revenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Right now, there’s sort of a two-step approval process. The airport board considers matters, and they come to District Council or committee and then council, so the process can be a little bit cumbersome, a little bit confusing for some of your stakeholders or businesses you’re trying to do business with,” Murray told councillors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that prior to adopting an MSC, the municipality must develop and adopt a business case study, consult with the public, and adopt and maintain policies related to the transfer of any assets to the MSC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft business case study suggests creating a for-profit MSC with the District as the sole shareholder, who would appoint the board of directors. It is also recommended that the District retain ownership of the airport lands and lease them to the corporation. District staff would still provide administrative services, and the District would still be responsible for annual budget approvals, recognizing that the airport is a community asset and needs to remain in public ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Heidi Lorenz cut to the chase and asked whether the creation of an MSC would be a step in the direction of keeping politics out of the airport. She said she sees the approach as a positive step, especially if it makes things more nimble, but she also wanted to know whether there is a caveat where the District can interfere if it does not like the direction in which the corporation is headed. Murray deferred the question about politics but said the District will continue to have oversight mechanisms in place like approving the airport’s budget and replacing the board. Murray said limitations on what the board can do is also spelled out in the Shareholder’s Declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the question about keeping politics out of the airport, District Chair Jeff Lehman said it’s not necessarily directly about the politics but the process. “I think it’s to take the council process and how lengthy that process is, out of the airport. By virtue of having a small board, a skills-based board that can meet as needed and has a much more nimble approval process than we do here going up through committee or through District Council. I think the thought is the Municipal Services Corporation Board will be able to act much faster and, I suppose, less politically in the sense that the members elected are there based on their skill sets around airports, and they’re very focused on the airport strategic plan as their overall goal rather than the broader considerations that we bring into our discussions here of course.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussions ensued about how to consult with the public, the possible elimination of the airport subsidy, and questions about how the relationship between the airport MSC and the council would work. District staff are expected to announce public consultations in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find the staff’s report <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a> and Murray’s presentation <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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