Spencer also has pressed Garvin to release a copy of the charter amendment that Slay’s preliminary application said was in the process of being drafted.

“This is expected to be completed within 30 days,” the preliminary application stated.

Garvin, in a letter Wednesday to Spencer, said “to my knowledge, no draft Charter amendment was prepared.”

Garvin in an interview Friday said he never saw a draft. “The process could have been they (Slay and his aides) were thinking about it and there could have been discussions of a concept.” Garvin was acting city counselor at that time.

The Airport Advisory Working Group had projected that it would decide by the first quarter of this year, which ended March 31, on whether to issue a request for qualifications from potential bidding companies.

After the committee decides which companies are deemed qualified, it then would seek proposals from rival firms. The committee is made up mainly of representatives of Krewson, Aldermanic President Lewis Reed and Comptroller Darlene Green.

Green is opposed to privatization, while Krewson and Reed say it should be considered as a way of maximizing city revenue and improving Lambert.