{"id":5309,"date":"2012-01-10T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T01:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2012-01-16T10:41:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T15:41:32","slug":"did-harrietstown-officials-really-lose-4000-gallons-of-gas-at-the-adirondack-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/01\/10\/did-harrietstown-officials-really-lose-4000-gallons-of-gas-at-the-adirondack-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Harrietstown officials really lose 4,000 gallons of gas at the Adirondack airport?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A scathing report from New York state’s Comptroller, issued Tuesday<\/a>, claims that Harrietstown officials mismanaged capital projects and bungled the accounting for fuel sales at the Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear.<\/p>\n

One of the conclusions in the document is that town officials “could not account for” nearly three thousand gallons of Jet A fuel, and another thousand gallons of aviation grade gasoline, with a cash value totaling roughly $15,000.<\/p>\n

The Comptroller study also found lax oversight for millions of dollars worth of capital projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when local governments should be paying even closer attention to their finances, our audit identified numerous financial missteps that went undetected for many years,\u201d DiNapoli said, in a press statement.<\/p>\n

His office went on to argue that mismanagement of airport projects left a $200,000 “hole” in the town’s general fund.<\/p>\n

In a letter written in mid-December, Harrietstown supervisor Larry Miller acknowledged that “discrepancies existed” in fuel tank inventories.<\/p>\n

But he blamed problems with the set up of the fuel tanks and suggested that temperature changes at the site might also have affected the measurements.<\/p>\n

Miller conceded that changes needed to be made.\u00a0 “The Town Board acknowledges that airport management did not keep inventory records for unleaded gas and diesel fuels and understands the necessity to do so,” Miller wrote.<\/p>\n

Management was a major issue during last November’s budget session in Harrietstown, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.<\/a><\/p>\n

Several speakers lamented that the Adirondack Regional Airport has become too big a drain on town taxpayers. The Lake Clear airport’s budget for 2012 is over $2 million and will cost taxpayers about $273,600.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Supporters of the airport say it generates millions of dollars worth of economic benefit for the Adirondack region, and they point to growing ridership on Cape Air’s commuter flights.<\/p>\n

This Comptroller’s report is sure to revive the debate over the airport, its value to the community, its management, and its future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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