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Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board Meeting - Minutes
June 17, 2022 -Special Meeting
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board held a special meeting on June 17, 2022 at 3:00 pm
at The Pilot House Restaurant.
Board Members Present:
Joe Uzoaru, Board Member
Richard Knote, Chair
Beverly Cleair, Vice Chair
Mike Marshall, Board Member
Shawn Wasson, Board Member
Jeff Brune, Board Member (via phone)
Mark Mehner, Board Member
Staff Present:
Katrina Amos, Airport Manager
Audrey Lorch, Airport Support Spec.
Molly Mehner, Deputy City Mgr.
Others Present: Stacy Kinder, Cape Girardeau, Mayor, Tameka Randle, City Council Liaison (via phone)
Daniel Belmont, SkyWest Planning Manager (via zoom call) Pilot Club Members
Absent: Justin Davidson, Dr. Quantella Noto
Call to Order/Approval of Minutes - The meeting was called to order at 3:00 pm. by Mr. Knote.
Others Present — Nathan English, Southeast Missourian
II. Old Business -
A. Airline Update — A special meeting was scheduled at the June 14, 2022 meeting to review
the proposal submitted by SkyWest Airlines to remain in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Daniel
Belmont, SkyWest's Director of Planning and Market Development, asked to join the
meeting virtually to present the offer.
Mr. Belmont acknowledged the volatility that had occurred in recent months. He stated the
termination notice was based on the issues stemming from pilot and crew shortages. He
noted since filing the notice, those issues were not as severe and they had come up with a
solution to alleviate some of those issues. One solution is SkyWest's intent to transition to
Part 135 charter operations. This would lessen the pilot restrictions and widen the hiring
pool.
They proposed to offer between 7 and 14 weekly round trips with a combination of one
stop and/or non-stop service to Chicago O'Hare. There was no timeline given for the
transition to Part 135 but it was noted once it occurred, CGI would have to go through the
EAS bidding process again. There were several questions asked, to which Mr. Belmont
could not answer, stating he could provide more detail the following week.
After the presentation, the Board discussed the information presented. Mr. Wasson moved
and Mr. Brune seconded a motion for the Board to affirm the original, unanimous vote to
recommend City Council make a recommendation to U.S. DOT to select Contour Aviation as
our EAS carrier for a 3 -year term. Seven members voted to affirm the original
recommendation. Two members were absent from the meeting. The motion carried with a
unanimous vote to affirm the original recommendation.
New Business — N/A
II. Non -Agenda: N/A
VI. Adjournment—There being no other business, Mr. Brune moved to adjourn the meeting. Ms.
Cleair seconded the motion. All were in favor. The meeting adjourned at 4:05pm.
Minutes prepared by:
Audrey Lorch, Airport Support Specialist