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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Minutes.02-10-2009AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES February 10, 2009 Cape Aviation Conference Room Members Present Craig! Bohnsack„John Dissaucr, Bill Dunn, Fred Lggky, Rick Hctrcl. Robbie Rollins. Mark Seesing. Bo Shantz, Walt Wildman Others present: Bruce Lor. Airport Manager: Katrina Amus -Atkins_ Administrative Coordinator. Derrick Irwin; Cape Aviation Supervisor 1. MINUTESOF PRENTOUS MEETING fhe meeting was salted to order at 5:07PM. Llr*. I'.egley otored an:I Mr. U ildman seco;;ded the motion to approve the January 2009 minutes. The motion passed be unanimous vote. 11. OLD BUSINESS A. Airport Activity Report - Mr, Loy presented an Airport Usage Report for January 2009. Mr. Lay stated that airport activih for the month was up compared to the same period las; year. Ile slated that overall; raffic to the airport was decent for the month however fuel sales were down. B. Cape Aviation Report Mr. Irwin presented a Cape Aviation Fuel Report for January 2009. Ile sorted the price of fuel is loser than December prices. Ile stated that 10011 gallons sold were up compared io prey ions year. Jet A sales were up compared to previous month but were stili dossn compare to last year. Discussion confined on the subject. C. Projcel Updates - • Self Service Facility- Mr. Loy intinnicd the Board that bid.. Jur the electrical Murk has been submitted to chance for approval. The apparent low bid is pursers Fiecnlc. I Ile electrical work has to be done before the phone line can be installed. The FAA inspected it during their site visit and said that everything looked okay. • Rangur Construction - Mr. I oy informed the Board that a meeting was held prior io the board meeting reporting the possibility of building a new set oft -hangars, 1 ive (5) potential investors attended the meeting. Mr. Rollins also attended lite meeting and provided information regarding costs and amonifillion schedules. 'Ihere was also a set of preliminar} drawings presented to give each person an idea as to how the set up of the t-hanpary would be. Mr. Loy asked that everyone look oyer the information gneu and provide feedback at lite next meeting. (lie nest meeting will he scheduled ill a lacer date. 111. NEW BUSINESS A. MoDOT Rehabilitation Grant- Mr. toy informed the board that $I G million in projecis for the airport have been submined for funding b} the federal stimi:lui package. 'tit, i.ey stated all of the projects submitted ore in the process of being ready to hid. All projects have to 6e bid by the end of .April '_009. Mr. Loy said the City Council approved all amendment to the contract with C?aa ford. Murphy, and Tilly, Inc (Crv1I I lift their professional services lilt tre projects. MoD01' informed Nit. toy that if The stimulus package should fail. they will provide timding for the projects. Mr. Loy aiso mentioned he is thing to find it way to include t -hangars but is not "� sure he will be able to. B. Winter Storm Review- Mr. Loy informed the hoard of the issues the airport had with the winter storm. Ile said keeping the airport open was very challenging. Ile stated he had a conference call with the Paducah Weather Service about the potential of the storm before it came. `► Mr. Loy said the storm cattle in a tough combination and was very difticult to plow and as a result, the maintenance crew went through a lot of blades. The maintenance crewhad to rent an extra front end loader and the cit- rented a road grader to assist with cleaning the parking lilt and access road. There were also personnel issues with people not able to make it in. Mr. Lo} stated they could nol gel the airfield off of NII, braking action for quite a while. He said the airport needs another plow truck. MoDOI would be t+illing to fund another plow. I here were also issues with snow covering [he lights hownvcr smaller aircraft was able to get into the airport. C. Security Review — Mr. Loy informed the hoard that he reviewed the airport securit with Mr. I letzel. Mr. I letzel staled that after walking the airport grounds, he found the overall securit) is nor good. He stated the first thing that needs to be done is better fencing. He suggested replacing the existing fencing with six (6) foot security fence. He stated the First hangar, MidStates, is the most vulnerable and we need to limit access points by putting up gates and adding security cameras. Mr. I letzel said the most important issue is to reduce crimes of opportunity. He said better Iighting would also be a good way to reduce crime. Discussion continued on the topic. D. Budget — Mr. Loy intonncd the Hoard that he his currenthr working on the budget lot next year. lie stale that he is adding security cameras in his request for the 2009-2010 budget as well as furniture for the FBO. He stated he is requesting two ('_) heaters for the main hangar to replace the heaters that have stopped working. He said he is also asking for another generator, signs for Cape Aviation, and carpet in the terminal building. Other than those items. eventhing else will stay the same as this year's budget. Mr. Loy said he is unsure if we will receive everything we request because the CAN sales tax is down considerably and aren't getting any better. IV. NON-AGENDAITEMS A. FAA Inspection — Mr. Loy informed the hoard that Mike Mullen with the FAA is currently inspecting the airport to make sure we are meeting our Part 139 requirements. Mr. Loy stated it is going well for the most part however, there are a few areas that need improvement. B. Military Exercise - Mr. Loy informed the board of a military exercise that will be performed here in April. Ile stated they have done exercise here before and a lot of it is conducted at night. C. Airline update - Mr. Loy informed the board the airline is running a special promotion beginning February 17i° lhru March 31". The fare will he lowered to $89.00 one way with a seven day advanced purchase. I he meeting was adjourned at 6:03p.m. Minutes prepared by Katrina Atkins. Administrative Coordinator Minutes Approved By: Robbie Rollins °�' Chairman Airport Advisory Hoard