FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Howard Hadley, the president and chief executive officer of Segers Aero Corp., whose company moved its North American headquarters to Fairhope last year, has been nominated for a director position on the Fairhope Airport Authority.

Mayor Tim Kant wrote the city clerk on Feb. 17, asking that the “appointment of Howard Hadley for membership for the vacant Airport Authority position for a term that expires March 2013” be placed on the Feb. 26 City Council agenda.

The council is expected to act on that nomination at its meeting tomorrow night. The council meets Thursday this week, instead of Monday, due to the Mardi Gras parade schedule.

Segers Aero, a unit of privately held Segers Aviation SA based in Gibraltar, specializes in engine maintenance and repair for large turboprop engines such as those used in C-130 military transports.

The company moved its major repair facilities, based near Miami, and its Crestview, Fla. administrative headquarters, to Fairhope last September, Hadley said.

“We brought 52 employees with us,” Hadley said, referring to staff brought from Florida. “We have about 80 employees total.” He said approximately 30 people have been hired locally.

Hadley said he now maintains his private residence at the Woodlands, a subdivision within the Fairhope city limits. Such residency is required for membership on the FAA.

The company’s move to Fairhope was facilitated by a June 5 vote of the Fairhope Economic and Industrial Development Board, which granted the company approximately $350,000 in local tax incentives. The board waived 10 years of non-school property taxes (estimated at $300,322) and sales taxes on construction (estimated at $48,800), according to media reports at the time.

Later that month, Segers Aero bought the former L-3 Crestview Aerospace building, a 130,000-square-foot facility located near the H.L. “Sonny” Callahan Airport in Fairhope. The company paid $3,638,000 for the building and property, company officials said at the time.

Councilman Dan Stankoski is also up for reappointment that night, for a term ending in 2015, according to Kant’s letter.