NORWICH – Members of the Chenango County Planning and Economic Development Committee appeared frustrated at a meeting last week when reviewing developments at the county’s airport in North Norwich.

A resolution to contract with a credit card processing company for the fuel pump has been held up by a stipulation that, they said, was not intended to be part of deal.

Verbiage in the resolution, which was adopted by the full board in August, states that such a contract requires the county attorney’s approval. Members of the committee objected, and called for an amendment to strike the words and require only a signature from the county’s board chairman on a contract with a company it had already selected.

Lt. Warren E. Eaton Airport officials hoped that pilots would be using the fuel pumps independently by the end of last month. James J. McNeil, D-City of Norwich, questioned why a previously authorized and purchased $19,000 credit card machine hook up wasn’t being used. He said the processing company and a dedicated telephone line to the machine were items the committee recommended to the airport’s administrator way back in February or March.

“Now we are going to be two more months delayed in making money at the airport,” said McNeil.