HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Minutes.04-15-2003AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES
April 15, 2003
Osage Community Centre
Members Present: Harry Drummond, William Dunn, John Geller, Gerry Keene, Trish Pauley,
Fred Schnmcker, Mark Seesing, Be Shantz
Members Absent Fred Eggley
Others Present: Brace Loy, Airport Manager, Kristi Thurman, Project Assistant
I. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The meeting was called to order at 5:07 PM. Ms. Pauley made a motion to approve the
minutes of the March 11, 2003 meeting and Mr. Schmucker seconded the motion. The
motion passed by unanimous vote.
II. OLD BUSINESS
A. Monthly Activity Report — Mr. Loy presented an Airport Usage Report for March. Mr.
Loy stated that enplanements were down again for the third month in a row. Mr. Loy
expressed that he has had conversations with Doug Caldwell, CEO of Corporate and that
he is not worried, because all of the other airports are down as well. There has been a lot
of bad weather in March, which contributed to flights being cancelled in Cape Girardeau
and St. Louis. Another contributing factor is the ongoing war with Iraq, which has
reduced travel throughout the country. Mr. Caldwell indicated that it may take a month
or two to get back into the steady flow of airline passengers after the war is over. Mr.
Loy indicated that he is hoping for a rebound after having a great year in 2002 with
across the board increases.
B. Cape Aviation Report — Mr. Loy presented a Cape Aviation Fuel Report for
February. Fuel sales by the gallon were up for the month of March for Jet A and down
in AvGas as compared to 2002. The fuel sales dollar amount does show an increase
across the board — but Mr. Loy explained that this could be misleading because of the
increased costs associated with higher fuel prices as compared to the previous year. He
stated that comparing gallons to gallons would be more accurate than reading dollars to
dollars.
C. American Connection Fourth Round Trip — Mr. Loy reported that he and Ms.
Thurman along with Mr. Caldwell and Ms. Beth Anderson with Sabre, met with Kathy
Brown, Plant Manager of Procter & Gamble on the issue of increased use of CGI with
their current expansion plans and the 4' Round Trip. He indicated that while working
with P & G on time issues with Cincinnati's schedule, Mr. Caldwell will be investigating
other ways of working with P & G outside of the 4' Round Trip as well. Mr. Caldwell
has approached American with a proposal for fee's and then will propose a schedule to P
& G. Even though P & G will not directly be affected by the 40 round trip it will benefit
from the program in the long run. Mr. Loy has been in discussion with the Department of
Transportation who is a little concerned with the time frame. There is a meeting
scheduled for Aril 20 with Mr. Caldwell, Ms. Anderson, Mr. Loy and area businesses
to discuss the 4 Round Trip.
D. Update on 2003 Air Festival — Mr. Loy gave a report on the status of the 2003 Air
Festival. There is a meeting with the Airshow volunteers tonight at 6:30 PM. Things are
progressing along very well for the show.
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E. Report on Pancake Breakfast — Mr. Loy presented a report on the Pancake Breakfast.
Plans are still going very well, however, he discussed a bird problem in the Cape
Aviation Hangar, which is causing the committee to re -think the location for the event.
Mr. Loy indicated that he would be talking to ARCH to inquire about the possible use of
their hangar.
F. Control Tower Operations — Mr. Loy discussed the issue with the Air Traffic Control
Tower. He indicated that there has been some good communications with JoAnn
Emerson's office and that they have sent a letter to the FAA asking to reassess the B/C
Ratio. Mr. Loy stated that he has also had conversations with Mr. Spencer Dickerson of
AAAE regarding the B/C Ratio and Denny Meredith, regarding state funding.
11. NEW BUSINESS
A. Cape Airport Budget 2003 — 2004 — Mr. Loy reported that due to the failure of the tax
increases that there is no money in the budget to match for grants. Some of the money
will go through to next year, but if something does not happen to increase city revenue,
that we will lose a significant amount of grant money. He indicated that he received a
letter of approval from the FAA for rehabilitating but will have to pass up the project due
to the lack of grant match funds. Taxiway Alpha, but do to not having the grant match
funds, the project will have to be passed over. Mr. Loy stated, however, that the Airport
should still have funds available to match State Grants, with $15,000 in the budget for
repairs.
B. Runway 10/28 Lighting - Mr. Loy reported on some problems with the runway lights
on 10/28. He indicated that years ago, when the lights were re -done, the wrong
transformers were put in.
r., C. Cohen Trust Fund — Mr. Loy reported a meeting was held with the Chamber of
Commerce and City Manager, Mr. Michael Miller, regarding possibilities of utilization of
Federal Grant Funds for purchase of airport property.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
Minuteg'prepared by Kristi Thurman, Proilept-Assistant
Minutes Approved By:,
William Gerry Keene III
Chairman Airport Advisory Board
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