KC City Council Votes Down Airport Privatization

City Council Thursday voted down a plan to submit for an application to privatize Kansas City’s airports through the FAA’s Airport Privatization Pilot Program. Several councilmembers stated their concern for jobs that might be lost and many doubted that anyone would actually buy the airport during such dire economic times.


“Wrong move, wrong time, wrong for Kansas City,” Councilman Terry Riley said during a lively debate about the privatization plan. Mayor Funkhouser and councilmembers Ford, Skaggs, and Johnson voted for the resolution, while the remaining members in attendance voted against it. Read the entire ordinance- 090167