LANSING — The financial hits just keep on coming for Wayne County, which was socked with a $32-million court judgment last week.

The state Legislature will hear testimony Wednesday on a bill that could cut more than $13 million from the county’s already deficit-laden budget.

The bill would cut the tax customers pay to park at Metro Airport’s parking lots from 27% to 6%.

“If you look at the policy, this tax was passed back in 1987 to help with some bonds and those bonds were paid off in 1994. But the government is still collecting a 27% use tax and I just don’t think it’s fair,” said State Sen. Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township, one of the sponsors of the bill.

The sharp cut in the tax rate would reduce revenue coming into the state, the city of Romulus and Wayne County from roughly $21 million to $4.6 million.

Under current state law, the state takes the first $6 million of the tax revenue to use for security at other airports around the state. The next $1.5 million goes into the city of Romulus’ general fund and Wayne County gets the rest with the money earmarked to provide health care for indigent county residents. Since the latest version of the bill was passed in 2002, Wayne County has received from $6.6 million a year to $15.2 million a year from the tax.

Assistant Wayne County Executive Alan Helmkamp said the bill does not address the distribution of the money, and said there won’t be enough to satisfy the first two claims on the cash from the state and Romulus.

“That would just really gut our ability to pay the health care for that at-risk population,” he said, noting the county provides for health care for about 30,000 low-income residents a year. “The county is dying a death from a million cuts.”

Hune said it’s up to Wayne County to figure out where to cut to make up the difference.

“They’re going to have to make some sacrifices,” Hune said. “But in terms of having an unfair tax out there, we need to do what’s right for the taxpayers.”

Some form of a cut to the airport tax has been introduced four times since it was last cut in 2002, but it’s never gained a majority of support in either the House or the Senate.

“This is the most draconian of the bills,” Helmkamp said. “And it still has a fatal flaw. It doesn’t mandate a rollback of what parking customers are charged.”

Wayne County is in a particularly fragile economic position. On top of a deficit estimated at $135 million, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that the county had to put $32 million into a fund that provides retirees with a thirteenth pension paycheck each year.

The county had reduced the paycheck, first approved in the 1980s, as a way to offset inflation for retirees.

The Senate Finance committee will take testimony on the bill Wednesday

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Three men are in custody in connection with the theft of catalytic converters from vehicles parked at the Sacramento International Airport.

All three suspects were booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges of grand theft, attempted grand theft and conspiracy.

Shortly after 6 a.m. Monday, May 13 a Sheriff’s deputy assigned to the Airport Division was driving through the long-term parking lot. The deputy observed a bag on the ground outside of a vehicle, and went to inspect it further. At this time, she observed three men in another vehicle parked in an adjacent stall. Investigation revealed a number of catalytic converters that the men were in possession of. The three occupants of the vehicle were detained, and further investigation was conducted.

Deputies determined that all three converters had been stolen from other vehicles, and that the men were in the process of trying to take a fourth when the deputy came across them. Deputies also located a number of tools used to remove the converters.

The suspects were identified as Lon Nguyen, 36, Nhan Nguyen, 27, and Eduardo Labitoria, 27.

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The next time you’re taking a taxi to get dropped off at the airport, you may just want to keep an extra 100-rupee-note in your pocket. Forced to pay a fee of Rs 60 – Rs 120 if they fail to leave the airport complex within 7 minutes, taxi drivers have decided to pass the buck on to their customers.

“I have been flying from Chennai to Pune on a monthly basis and usually take a cab from a leading call taxi company. Two weeks back, when I was getting out at the airport, the driver handed me a printed bill and said I would have to pay `70 extra as parking charge,” relates a rather scandalised Prashanth C (32), who works with an engineering firm. When he refused to cough up the extra cash, the driver screamed at him and even refused to open the vehicle’s boot to let him take his luggage. After 5 minutes of argument, the driver allegedly tossed Prashanth’s bag on the pavement and drove away cursing.

This is just one among a series of arguments and minor fights that have been breaking out between taxi drivers and passengers over the last month — ever since the new airport terminal began to be used. A police official confirmed that they had increased patrolling at the departure terminal during peak hours to keep the area peaceful. “Every day there are so many arguments. I wonder why they don’t discuss the rate before coming to the airport,” said a police constable attached to the Airport Police.

Prakash Reddy, another frequent flier to Hyderabad, said he placed a complaint with the taxi company when a driver abused him. “The company said I don’t need to pay anything and that’s what I tell all the drivers these days,” he said. Rather predictably, the drivers don’t see it that way. This ‘parking’ extra charge is a pre-disclosed standard for private taxis, to be paid over the meter fare, at the Delhi (`80), Bangalore (Rs 70) and Hyderabad airports.

“We have to drive up the ramp, drop the passenger and speed all the way to the other end and then drive around in circles before reaching the exit toll gate. The distance is almost 1.2 km and there is always congestion at the booths,” complains Ravi*, who drives for NTL cabs. Because of all the arguments, drivers attached to the Government-certified Airport Taxi Association have dissociated themselves from the mess and are cashing in on the situation. “Since we have no time or entry restrictions, customers are preferring our service and business has been slightly better,” said Rajadas, one of the representatives of the association.

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EWING — Travelers flying into and out of the Mercer-Trenton Regional Airport may be getting tickets for more than just their air travel. Some passengers are coming back to cars with tickets on the windshield.

“We don’t have officers outside doing traffic so we rely on people to obey the signs and to use common sense,” said Pedro Medina, Undersheriff for the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office. “You know where you are not supposed to park.”

The recent uptick in flights from Frontier Airlines, the only commercial carrier to fly into the airport, has caused frustrated travelers to find innovative ways to park their vehicles at locations which are not necessarily legal.

According to Medina, officials from the Mercer County Executive’s office and the head of the county’s law enforcement, Sheriff Jack Kemler met in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday to discuss when and how an illegally parked vehicle should receive a summons. The meeting stemmed from a Freeholders meeting on Tuesday night. Michael Herbert,an attorney for the Board of Freeholders, received a parking summons at the regional airport after arriving home from a recent trip. The lawyer thought he was parked legally and was confused when he saw a ticket plastered to his car’s windshield. The ticket was for illegally parking in a non-lined area in the newly paved parking lot adjacent to the terminal.

“Pertaining to the parking situation at the airport, it is an issue the sheriff’s office and the county is working on,” said Medina. “There are a lot of cars and a lot of human traffic going back and forth, and although it is great for the county’s economy, we cannot lose sight of our main function which is public safety and sometimes you need to give a summons if the car causes a hazardous condition or jeopardizes public safety.”

The workflow to ticket a vehicle, according to the undersheriff, is to first leave a warning informing the driver that the car is parked illegally. A summons, which can be upwards of $50, should only be issued if the car is parked in a location which could cause harm to others or hinder first responders from emergency situations at the airport terminal.

“There is more than adequate parking at Trenton-Mercer Airport. When Frontier Airlines first approached the county with its plan to gradually increase its services, it indicated that it would need 1,200 parking spaces. In fact, the county has been able to provide over 1,300 parking spaces, which include the former tennis center space adjacent to the main parking lot, and two smaller lots on airport grounds but not visible from the main lot,” said Mercer County’s Director of Communications Julie Willmot.

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TAMPA — A Pennsylvania man who was found dead in a Tampa International Airport parking garage elevator shaft in March was intoxicated at the time of the accident, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined.

Chad Wolfe died from a “complete dislocation” of two upper vertebrae and a spinal cord laceration caused by blunt impact to the head and neck, according to documents released Friday.

Wolfe’s palms contained “a lot of black grease,” according to the autopsy report. The report, however, makes no conclusions about its origin.

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“It appears (Wolfe) forced open (the) elevator door to gain entry into the elevator shaft,” the report said, quoting Tampa airport police Detective Kevin Durkin.

Durkin was unavailable for comment Friday. The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death an accident, but airport spokeswoman Janet Zink emphasized that Wolfe’s death is still under investigation.

Durkin’s statement “is based on evidence from the elevator doors, but that’s missing forensics we’re still waiting on from state and federal law enforcement,” Zink said.

Both the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement are involved, she added.

Police said in March that Wolfe had been drinking before the accident. He had a bottle of vodka when his body was discovered. His blood-alcohol level was 0.17, according to the autopsy report. That is more than twice the 0.08 level at which Florida law presumes someone to be too impaired to drive.

Wolfe, a 31-year-old mechanic from West Newton, Pa., was last seen alive about 1 a.m. March 15 when he stepped onto Elevator 21 on the third floor of the Tampa airport terminal and rode it to the seventh-floor parking garage at 4100 George J. Bean Parkway. His carry-on bags and cellphone were later found there.

An employee reported that Elevator 21 was stuck on the first floor with broken glass inside. About 10:45 a.m., a technician discovered Wolfe’s body on top of the car.

Wolfe also had an open wound to his left leg, as well as cuts and fractures throughout his body, documents show. An empty bottle of the antianxiety medication alprazolam was found in his pocket, and traces of the drug were found during the autopsy.

After the incident, an inspector from the state’s Bureau of Elevator Safety found 17 safety violations on Elevator 21, including a broken locking device that allowed the doors to be opened by hand. It is unclear if that damage preceded Wolfe’s death or was caused by Wolfe. Zink said the elevator is closed as the investigation continues, adding that the rest of the airport’s elevators underwent an annual inspection after Wolfe’s death that showed they comply with state codes.

Wolfe’s family did not return calls for comment Friday.

Staff writer Will Hobson contributed to this story. Laura C. Morel can be reached at lmorel@tampabay.com or (813) 226-3386.

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The Indianapolis Airport Authority will drop its legal battle to fend off a private-sector parking competitor, Executive
Director Robert Duncan said Friday afternoon.

The airport’s decision comes as a bipartisan group of City-County Councilors backed a resolution asking the quasi-government
airport authority to drop its case against Midwest Logistics Partners, owner of the Ameriplex business park south of the Indianapolis
International Airport.

The Metropolitan Development Commission in 2011 authorized a change in land use that would allow a 3,700-space parking lot,
but the airport authority appealed that decision to the Marion Superior Court and then to the Indiana
Court of Appeals.

Duncan said the authority still believes it took the correct legal position on the land-use issue, but he said it became
increasingly clear that the privately run parking lot four miles from the airport terminal would become a reality. City-County
Councilors indicated that even if the airport won its court battle, Midwest would probably bring forward a new request, which
the council would approve, he said.

He said the pending council resolution, which has 13 co-sponsors, also played into the decision. “At the end of the
day, that was a confirmation of the interest of the council in the situation,” Duncan said.

At-large City-County Councilor Zach Adamson, a Democrat, said he would not pull his resolution from Monday night’s agenda
until Midwest Logistics confirms that the airport will withdraw its appeal. “They had two and a half years to do the
right thing, and they refused to do it,” he said of the airport authority. “It’s criminal what they’ve done
to this business.”

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EWING — Overloaded parking lots and a number of tickets on the windshields of illegally parked vehicles at the Trenton-Mercer Airport prompted the county freeholders last night to ask the administration to move quickly to come up with an ordinance for parking at the airport.

In recent weeks, as the airport’s only commercial carrier Frontier Airlines has expanded service to 10 destinations with an an average of five flights each day, county officials say parking at the facility has become an issue. Even with the freshly paved auxiliary lot and an additional long-term parking lot, spaces are few and far between.

“People are finding ingenious ways to park at this point,” Freeholder Andrew Koontz said. “Some of them are not legal. They are all over the place.”

Koontz reminded County Administrator Andrew Mair that the administration has said in the past that it would present a parking ordinance to the freeholders that could include such measures as parking enforcement and fees at the airport. No such measure has been drafted, Mair said. County officials have said there needs to be more parking built to accommodate the volume of cars for passengers on Frontier flights.

“We have talked to consultants about technologies for the operations of the lot,” Mair said. “This is a large project and it is going to take a while to materialize.”

Freeholder Lucylle Walter suggested that the administration should consider a short-term ordinance that could be implemented while the details of what to do with the parking problem long-term is still being considered.

“I think at this point, we are not looking at a permanent solution, but something that would stand up to the situation there is now,” said Freeholder Anthony Carabelli.

Freeholder Samuel Frisby suggested that before the county spends money on any electronics or equipment to regulate how long cars are in the lot or a fee structure for the lots, there might be a time limit implemented that could be enforced with something as simple as chalk marks on the tires of cars to monitor how long they have been parked.

Frisby said Frontier is marketing the airport as one with cheap parking that is close to the terminal, and if people return from their vacations in Florida or elsewhere to a parking ticket on their car, as some have recently, parking becomes a negative for the airport, rather than a draw.

“You want to do this right, you want to look at all the options,” he said. “You don’t want to create negatives.”

Mair said he would report back to the board on the status of a parking ordinance during their meeting later this month.

Last night, the board also gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would lower the speed limit along Broad Street and Louellen Street in Hopewell Borough where increased pedestrian and vehicle traffic has caused problems.

If passed, the ordinance would allow for the installation of digital signs along the roadways that would alert drivers to how fast they are driving. The ordinance also would lower the speed limit from 35 mph to 30 mph from West Broad Street to Louellen Street and again from Princeton Avenue to Elm Street, with an area from Louellen Street to Princeton Avenue lowered to 25 mph.

The ordinance was proposed after 11-year-old Sabrina Russo was hit by a car as she was crossing the street on her bike last fall. Russo suffered minor cuts and bruises but the accident raised concerns with her neighbors, her father Sam Russo said.

Hopewell Borough officials said the ultimate goal is to lower the speed limit throughout the borough to 25 mph.

The ordinance will be up for a final vote later this month.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indianapolis International Airport Authority is launching a new brand to promote marketing for its on site airport parking. 

The new logo is parkIND.

Mike Wells, president of the Indianapolis Airport Authority Board says  “Our new parkIND brand conveys the convenience afforded only by the connectivity of parking at Indianapolis International Airport  and helps our customers distinguish what we intend to provide as the most convenient, best parking options for their business and leisure travel needs.”

Parking remains at a flat $9-per-day rate not subject to any additional taxes or fees.

Customer surveys indicated that many passengers felt there was insufficient product differentiation between the Economy and Long-term lots.

Beginning Monday, May 6th, the Long-term Lot will be closed to new vehicles as it is transitioned to non-customer parking and an overflow lot when the Economy Lot is full.

Indianapolis International Airport continues to offer round-the-clock assistance to help customers locate lost vehicles and escort solo travelers to their cars safely, as well as free jump starts and tire inflation, is in the process of developing additional improvements to be announced later this summer.
 

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A WOMAN has been fined £10,000 for offering Gatwick Airport passengers parking at her home.

Millie Stojanovic ran a company called Airport Direct from her property in Burstow.

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Cars were collected from passengers at the airport, parked at her address in Church Lane, and then returned to holidaymakers on their arrival at the terminal.

However, Tandridge District Council insisted Stojanovic knew she was not allowed to use her land to park vehicles unconnected with residential use, and took her to court. An enforcement notice was originally issued to Stojanovic in 2004 following an investigation at her home which found land being used to provide off airport parking without planning permission.

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In December 2011, the district council received further complaints about vehicles at the site.

A council officer visited and saw several cars. Stojanovic and her partner claimed they were just washing the vehicles and storing them elsewhere. The officer contacted the drivers of the vehicles and asked them to complete witness statements. These confirmed they dropped off their vehicles at Gatwick Airport and picked up their vehicles from Gatwick Airport after returning from holiday. No arrangements were made for their cars to be washed and valeted.

Councillor Gill Black, chairman of the planning committee, said: “This is the second successful prosecution we have taken against Ms Stojanovic, who is fully aware of the enforcement notice and the restrictions this places on using her land for off airport parking.”

Stojanovic was fined £10,000, ordered to pay prosecution costs of £3,140 and £15 to the victim support fund when she appeared at Redhill Magistrates’ Court on April 29.

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