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So the fleet, the equipment that&#8217;s used at the airport, is not in the airport budget; it&#8217;s in the fleet budget, so it really does take someone with a significant understanding of how municipal budgeting is put together to understand just how big the subsidy is. It&#8217;s about 2 million dollars a year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burry argues that the airport should break even at a minimum. &#8220;Airports around the world make money, so my issue is that the District is subsidizing it. So why is that? If you listen to the management of the airport, it&#8217;s because they are constrained in their ability to make decisions by having an additional layer of governance of the District Council. So while they have an expert board of the corporation of the airport, all of those decisions need to be remade by the 21 people sitting around the District Council table, which is adding no value, and I would suggest that there are very few around the District table that have any experience running an airport or owning an airport.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burry and Morrison have been pushing for a change in the airport&#8217;s governance model. They point to more pressing issues that could be addressed with the money spent to subsidize the airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When I found out by how much money we were subsidizing the airport, I was blown away, I had no idea,&#8221; said Morrison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the airport generates economic benefits by, for example, leasing hangars and providing employment, but the subsidy is also significant. &#8220;If you were to ask the taxpayer where they want their money spent and you gave them an option of subsidizing an airport or providing housing or bringing taxes down, I&#8217;m pretty sure I know where the answer would be,&#8221; says Morrison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bury said a timeline to break even should be established under the new airport governance model. If the airport is still unable to break even, Burry suggests that perhaps it can be leased out to the private sector, with the caveat that the District will continue to own the land. &#8220;I would never want to see the District sell the land, but there is no reason that you can&#8217;t have someone else run the business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The District hired a consultant to help the upper-tier municipality establish an airport Municipal Services Corporation. It is anticipated that one will be in place by June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the staff report to the finance committee <a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/FCS-2-2025-1-Muskoka-Airport-Project-1.pdf\">Here<\/a> and the consultant&#8217;s presentation <a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/FCS-2-2025-1-Presentation-Airport-Transition-to-Municipal-Services-Corporation.pdf\">Here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskoka-launches-consultation-for-muskoka-airport-municipal-services-corporation-msc-proposal\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-to-embark-on-public-consultations-involving-muskoka-airport\/\">District to embark on public consultation involving Muskoka Airport<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-debates-muskoka-airport-governance-structure\/\">District debates Muskoka Airport governance structure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/proposed-changes-to-airport-governance-could-cost-more-than-300000\/\">Proposed changes to airport governance could cost more than $300,000<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new governance model will hopefully mean Muskoka taxpayers will eventually stop subsidizing the airport, say councillors. 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