After a year of failed negotiations, the Oregon Department of Transportation demanded that the Sisters Eagle Airport repay more than $733,000 in grant money the state had deemed was misused — nearly double the amount ODOT previously wanted repaid.
The airport property owners and operators responded Friday when its attorneys filed a claim against ODOT.
On Monday, ODOT released a statement that said it “entered into a full year of good faith, complex and confidential negotiations with the owners of the Sisters Airport in order to reach a settlement regarding the grant. Those negotiations failed to reach a settlement.”
Read more: http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/6100421-151/sisters-airport-sues-odot-over-demand-to-repay
