Whether the Naples City Council can take on more control of the Naples airport is a question city officials are trying to answer. Council members believe if they have more control, they can reduce volume at the public airport and, therefore, noise.

Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann wants Naples Airport Authority to stop taking grants and wants the City Council to take over running the airport. The rest of the council members expressed similar and additional wants for the airport at its regular meeting Wednesday, including getting answers from the city's outside attorney expert on airports and placing someone on the airport authority board of directors with a goal toward residents' interests and aligning the authority and the City Council in ideals and actions.

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