HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Minutes.04-18-2006AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES
April 18, 2006
Cape Ariation CoRfereisce Room
Members Present: Gerry Beene. Bo Shantz, J. Fred Waltz.
Others Present: Bruce Loy, Airport Manager; Angela Ahrens, Administrative Coordinator:
Carl Gull, VP of Operations, Commander Premier; Mark Standrich, Service
Center Manager, Commander Premier.
1. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The meeting was called to order at 5:14 PM. Because not enough members were present for a fiomm,
March minutes could not be approved.
IE OLD BUSINESS
A. Airport Activity Report - Mr. Loy presented an Airport Usage Report for March 2006. Mr.
Loy stated that passenger enplanements were tap by ooh, 3i'o front last March, however the
SEMO Women's Basketball Team added 89 to those enplanements by flying Miami Air nut of
our airport. Mr. Loy noted that he tied spoken to Doug Caldwell regarding an additional Saturday
afternoon flight. Traffic numbers are continuing to rise. The local traffic operations are still due
to the gyro-coptcr owned by Paul Salmon.
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B. Cape Aviation Report - Mr. Loy presented a Cape Aviation Fuel Report for March, along with
a Fuel Comparison Report by Derrick Irwin, Mr. Loy stated that March was an awesome month
for overall fuel sales, with Jet A sales up 23% and l DOLL sales up 9%. Mr. Loy stated that being
the time of year for the Military, their fuel sales are also up. With fuel prices edging to $4 per
gallon, we have been able to keep prices at $3.72. Cape Aviation has been maintaining prices
well.
C. Commander Update Carl Gull updated the board on their business status. Mr. Gull stated that
they have .started the hiring process with offers out to two people for the service center and two
people for part sales. As far as the service center work load, they have enough work to keep dean
busy through Jmre. Mr. Gull informed that the FAA visited last week and Commander is still
waiting from them to approve the launch of their parts department. Mr. Gull noted that the
Commander Owner's Group will be visiting Cape from October 13 to October 15. Ile stated that
there will be about 50- 65 planes arriving when the owners come to visit that weekend.
D. 4" Round Trip Update - Mr. Loy passed out a written update of his communications with
]king Caldwell. Discussion fallowL Mr. Ln}' stated that we have made an agreement with Red
Letter to help us market every' aspect of the airport. As a part of our awareness campaign, we are
looking at hosting a First Friday Coffee or a Bu.aincss After I lours.
Mr, l..oy presented the airports new commercial produced by Red tetter Communications. It is
to non on FFVS, KBSI and on various channels on Charter Cable. As fax as billboards, Red
Letter is communicating with various companies on negotiating a deal.
III. NEW BUSINESS
E. Report on Missouri Airport Manager's Association Meeting (MAMA)— Mr. Loy handed out
Stale Legislation updates from the MAMA Conference he had the previous week. Discussion
followed regarding Senate Bill 917 which would require the balance of all state trust funds to be
credited to the state General Revenue Fund at the end of the fiscal year. Additionally, the Board
discussed the topic of 10% Ethanol -Blended Fuel which is also being debated by the State
legislation.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:10 p.m.
Minutes prepared by Angela Ahrens, Administrative Coordinator
Minutes Apg/roved By:
William Gerry Ke ne 111
Chairman Airport Advisory Board