HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Minutes.12-17-2009AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES
December 17, 2009
Sandy's Place Restaurant
Members Present: Craig. Bohnsack„John Dissauer, Fred Fgglcy. Rick Heizel, Gcrry Keene, Walt Wildman
Others present: Bruce Loy, Airport Manager: Katrina Amos -Atkins, Administrative Coordinator;
Derriek Irwin, Cape Aviation Supervisor: Board Member Families and Guests
1, MINUTES OF PREVIOUS NIEETtNG
The meeting was called to order at 5:40PM. Mr. Heizel mored and Mr. Keene seconded the
motion to approve the Nos ember 2009 minutes. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
❑. APPEARANCES
Mr. Loy welcomed the guests of the Airport Board Members to the meeting/Chrislmas dinner and
introductions were made.
Ill. OLD BUSINESS
A. Airport Activity Report - All, Loy presented an Airport Usage Report for November NO. The
enplanemem numhers are up considerably with the new airline and everything is going really wail
with regards to service. Itinerant and local traffic numbers were also up for the month.
R. Cape Aviation Report - Mr. Irwin presented a Cape Aviation Fuel Report for November 2009.
He stated that the fuel numbers are up and can be attributed mostly to the airline- Mr. Irwin
repotted the Sikeston airport reopened without a Jet A fueling track in operation and because of
this, a lot of traffic, including militant is being diverted the Cape Aviation. He uoteD our fueling
prices are reap} competitive adding that our numbers are comparable to Paducah, KY.
C, Project Updates -
• Cape Air Marketing Plan and Grand Opening- Mr. Loy presented the Cape Air marketing
PowerPoint presentation to the Airport Board produced by Red better Comnamicalions. Mr.
Loy will be making this presentation on January 8'� at the Chamber First Friday Coffee event
as well as the Cape Air "grand opening” on January 21°. More discussion continued on other
marketing tools being used such as the Cape Air television ads that will run during the
holiday season.
Mr. Keene suggested more information be gathered on the community outreach portion of the
presentation to find out exactly how they support the comrnunity. He also suggested adding
the price of the flight to the presentation.
• 20111 Air Festival Update - Mr. Lop informed the Board of his and Katrina's recent trip to
the 2009 WAS conference in Las Vegas, NV, The 2010 Air Festival made it on the Blue
Angels schedule as well as on the Golden Knights schedule. He went over a list of potential
performers he"s interested in having at the show in addition io the two military acts including:
Skip Stewart, Paul Slender and his jet powered school bus, and a possible comedy act.
Discussion continued on possible options.
Mr. Loy also mentioned the sponsorship opportunities packet. He hopes to have it completed
in the next couple of weeks. lie's already had commitments from several organizations to
sponsor the air show including Cape Air and the C V B.
�w. Mr. Loy slated the biggest issue with the air show at this point is the aerobatic box and its
size. This is not the typical set up for the show and will force show center Po be near the
VOR which is in a field that is normally planted by the farmers. Mr. Loy would like to have
grass planted in the area to help in the event there is a heavy rain period to keep the area from
becoming too soft. Grass won't be able to be planted until the end of January.
• Bobbie Rollins Memorial Foundation Update- Mr. Loy and Mr. Iletzel met with City
Manager Scott Meyer to further discuss the foundation. Mr. Meyer gave his approval to go
ahead with getting the foundation set up. Mr. Meyer did ask there be one general foundation
fund to be overseen by Finance Director John Richbourg. Mr. Dissauer stated as long as
checks could be written for a specific foundation this should be okay. Discussion continued.
1V. NEW BUSINESS
A. January 8th First Friday Coffee — Mr. Loy informed the Board the airport would be sponsoring
First Fridav Coffee for this month and encouraged all the Board members to attend if possible.
B. MoDOT Air Service Development Meeting Recap — Mr. Loy informed the board he
attended a meeting in Joplin, MO regarding state marketing grant funds. I Ie surmised the airport
eon't receive any of these funds next year, however, will be able to use any left from the
previous year. Mr. Loy suggested at the meeting using some of these funds to start a shuttle
service at Lambert airport so passengers using Cape Air wouldn't have such a long trek between
concourses and could avoid a second security check. Mr. Loy didn't get 100% commitment but
felt he made sonic progress.
C. 2010-2011 Budget — Mr. Loy informed the Board that 2010-2011 budget process has started.
He asked everyone to start thinking of projects and items that are needed to benefit the airport so
they can be included in this vear's request.
V. NON -AGENDA ITEMS
A. Commander Update — Several Board members asked if there is anything new to report on
Commander. Mr. Lmstaled there is nothing new at this point however the City is looking at
other alternatives. Mr. Lor stated in the meantime he is looking at the possibility of using it for
extra hangar space.
The meeting was adjourned at 6: 15p.m.
Minutes prepared by Katrina Atkins, Administrative Coordinator
Minutes Approved By:
Rick Helccl
Chairman Airport Advisory Board