Gratiot County Airport Authority and Gratiot Community Airport
The Gratiot County Airport Authority oversees Gratiot Community Airport. Its meetings are posted on the same BoardBook page the county board uses, and the county board votes on airport contracts and leases.
- When it meets
- Meeting dates come from the official calendar listed below. We have not found a fixed-schedule statement for this body, so we show only dates that were posted.
- Our reports
- 3 since Sept. 18, 2026. Latest: Airport Authority: Runway Lighting Work Runs Toward January, Fuel Gallons Down but Sales Above Budget (Oct. 23, 2026).
- Official pages
What our reports have found
Our reports so far cover airport lighting and farm-lease votes (Airport Lighting Upgrade of Up to $436,650, and a Farm Lease at $41 an Acre) and the Authority's Sept. 15 packet, which showed jet fuel sales down 28 percent this year while taxilanes were repaved (Airport Jet Fuel Sales Down 28% This Year as Taxilanes Are Repaved).
Meetings
Read from the official calendar on Nov. 2, 2026. Dates can change; call the office if unsure. Agendas link to the official document, not to our summary.
No meeting of this body is posted in the next two weeks.
Recent
- Tue. Oct. 20, 2026, 5:00 p.m. · Gratiot County Courthouse, 214 E. Center St., Ithaca, Mich. 48847
Agenda posted. Official agenda · Official minutes
How to speak
You may attend any meeting; Michigan's Open Meetings Act requires meetings of a public body to be open. Michigan's Open Meetings Act says a person must be permitted to address a meeting of a public body under rules the body establishes and records (MCL 15.263(5)). We have not found posted public-comment rules for this body, so ask its clerk or office. See also how to speak at any meeting we list.
Our latest reports
- Airport Authority: Runway Lighting Work Runs Toward January, Fuel Gallons Down but Sales Above BudgetThe airport manager said jet fuel sales were about 6,600 gallons below last year and runway lighting materials are 12 to 14 weeks out. The financial report shows fuel sales of $190,838.58 against a $175,000 budget.
- Airport Lighting Upgrade of Up to $436,650, and a Farm Lease at $41 an AcreFour commissioners approved three airport contracts in one March sitting. In April the county leased 153 acres of airport land to a single bidder for five years.
- Airport Jet Fuel Sales Down 28% This Year as Taxilanes Are RepavedThe Airport Authority’s Sept. 15 packet logs a month of paving and crack sealing, a pre-bid meeting on the terminal, and fuel sales well behind last year.
Terms you will hear
- Packet
In the Gratiot County Board's rules, the meeting packet includes at least the agenda, the previous meeting's minutes, correspondence to be received, written committee reports and other documents to be presented or acted on.
Source: Gratiot County Board of Commissioners Rules of Organization (as amended Apr. 21, 2026), Section 5.3
- Public comment
Michigan's Open Meetings Act says a person must be permitted to address a meeting of a public body under rules the body establishes and records.
Source: Michigan Open Meetings Act, MCL 15.263(5)