EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Hangar A rental rates will increase $75 per month next year at the municipal airport. Starting New Year’s Day, space will Starting New Year’s Day, space will cost $175 monthly for each airplane, per a resolution the City Council approved Nov. 1. City Manager Molly McGovern said the increase resulted from surveying “other small Missouri airports in the last several months,” as recommended by a state audit. “Based on the survey results, the council … has indicated to me that they would like to continue charging $75 for the outdoor hangars and that an increase for the enclosed hangars was probably a good idea,” McGovern said. Notices were to be sent to renters after council approval, McGovern said. Four airplanes occupied Hangar A when the council voted, she said....