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.