Newark Airport Commission approves two FAA AIP payment requests for wildlife-fence work

The Newark Airport Commission on Jan. 28 approved two payment requests under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) number 3-25-0037-051Of2025 to cover work on a wildlife fence and related construction.

The commission voted by voice to approve payment request No. 2 for $15,752.77 and payment request No. 3 for $367,306.73; in the record the second amount is also transcribed once as $367,306.72. The presiding official authorized the chairperson to sign the payment requests. Speaker 3 moved both motions; seconds were recorded by voice but no roll-call tallies or individual votes were recorded in the transcript.

Mark, the airport manager, told commissioners the AIP payments are structured as 95% FAA-funded and 5% funded by the Town of Norwood. He also reported the wildlife-fence contractor paused work briefly because of snow but that the project is otherwise progressing on schedule.

In addition to the payment votes, Mark presented the airport manager’s monthly operations figures for October through December 2025. He reported total revenues of $94,969.49 for that period; flowage fees included $9,615.20 from Flight Level Aviation and $2,093.73 from Boston Executive. Landing fees recorded for July–September 2025 were $18,546.40 from Flight Level Aviation and $3,796.80 from Boston Executive. Mark said Du Bois and King (also transcribed earlier as Devoy and King) has submitted a 95% plan set for a safety-area pavement project to the FAA and is awaiting comments.

The meeting record shows the commission handled the payment requests and then moved to the airport manager report; there was no recorded debate opposing the payments, and the minutes were approved earlier in the meeting. No roll-call vote or recorded individual vote tallies appear in the transcript; approvals are by voice vote ('Aye').

The commission had no old business and adjourned after a motion by Mister Cochran.