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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Minutes.01-07-1997AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES January 7, 1997 Airport Restaurant _ ATTENDANCE Members present: Steve Brazil, John Ferguson, Randy Holdman. Margie Loiseau, Dan Ovetbey, Robbie Rullius, Steve Robertson, 1. Fred Waltz Members absent: Mark Secsiug Other present: Carol Peters, .Administrative Secretary; Walter Deman, City Manager Adminisuanive Assistant. Larry Davis, Control Power Chief IL CALL TO ORDER Chairman Waltz called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m, fit, MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS Mr. Ferguson made a motion to approve the minutes of -the November 5, 1996 and December :3, 1996 mceling, Mr. Rollins seconded the motion with it passing by unanimous vola. IV. OLD BUSINESS ',It Rollins started a conversation among board members in reference to the City 's plans to build newI -hangars, A motion was made by Mr. Ferguson and seconded by Mr. Rollins for the City to submit correspondence to Air Frac Aviation asking them to give us an answer by March ' of their intentions to build T -hangar, on the field. Mr. Denton mentioned that if Air Evac did not intend to build hangars, and the City followed through with the idea, it would be considered a Capital Improvement program which may or may not be able to be included in this )ea: s CIP budget. The board continued to discuss the need for competition on the field and the need to stimulate growth. Mr. Davis supplied board members with an operations report detailing the total operations for 1996 as well as a comparison of the coplanements for the month of December 1994. 95 and 96. He pointed out the increase in tool operations for 1996, while the instrument operalious for the year were down slightly. Mr. Davis also reported on his etlin1s in reference to obtaining funding for the lower. Ile mentioned he will be visiting with all locally funded towers to sec how they are getting their funding. A possible source of partial funding would be if the tower controllers could be augmenters for the ASOS unit when it becomes commissioned. Mr. Davis will be checking further into this avenue of funding. S1r. Holdman added that the tong term goal for tower funding is to raise the airport's business to a level in which funding would not be a problem. Mr. Dav is reported the signed sky diving agreement between the City of Cape Girardeau and Dwight Gates has been received, He feels that ane diving will cause minimal time delays for other aircraft and does not foresee ase problems with the sky diving operations. Mr. Waltz inflamed the board of his conversation with City Manager Miller in reference to the search tiff a new .Airport Manager. Mr. Miller asked him to sit in oil the interview panel along with Mr. Davis. Mr. Denton. Mr, Miller, Mary Miller (Com ention & Visitors Bureau Director) and Dan Ward (Human Resources Director), interviews for a new Airport Manager will be held Thursday, January 23, 1997 beginning at 11:00 a.m. with a reception for the entire board and airport staff that evening. The interview panel will meet again on the 241h to choose a finalist so that background and reference checks can be performed. Mr. Waltz encouraged all board members to contact him with their concerns or suggested questions. Mr. Rollins questioned if other txnard members would have the opportunity to review the resumes prior to the interview process. Mr. Denton responded by stating it was his understanding that the candidates were &n be kept confidential. V, NEW BUSINESS A. Airport Movenic nt Areas Mr. Holdman presented the board with a problem be has noticed with the change made by the previous airport manager to the uncontrolled area on the ramp. Currently while on the rannp vehicles or aircraft are not required to contact the tower prior to moving. The board agreed the current situation is not safe and Mr. Davis mentioned that this area has never been painted properly. An interim solution was suggested until a new airport manager could change the layout of the airport. The suggested solution was to have'I WE call before moving to receive clearance January 7, 1997 -Airport Advisory Board Minutes Page '_ of'_ from the tower. Mr. Denton and Mr. Davis will also meet to identify recommended solutions to the movement area problems for the nest meeting. '`VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS A. FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE A suggestion was made for Mr. Denton to follow up with CMT and find out where they are in the Master Plan update process. Mr. Denton will be contacting Mark Lester in the Engineering Office regarding this issue. B. PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE A draft of the -Corporate Brochure" was presented to the board members. Mr. Robertson and Mr. Denton presented some suggested changes to the board. These changes will be made along with a touch-up to a photo. A sufficient supply will be printed to be sent to the corporate mailing list twice, along with extras for local distribution. C. RULES & REGULATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. Denton reported the deadline for comments in reference to the Minimum Operating Standards and the Rules and Regulations was December 31, 1996. No comments were received. Mr. Waltz stated this would be rcv icwcd at the next meeting for recommended presentation to the City Council, D. RESTAURANT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Mr. Denton reported the restaurant "Request for Proposals" were sent out on December i0, 1996 to the individuals listed on the copy sent to board members. It also appeared in the Southeast Missourian. Mr. Denton stated he received two phone calls today from interested individuals. The deadline for submission of a -Request lot Proposal- is January' I, 1997. `rll. NON -AGENDA ITEMS 1 . Mr. Denton expressed the City Councils wish to have a joint meeting to discuss airport issues with the .Airport Advisory Board. A tentative date of January 17, 1997 was set by the City Council. After discussion among board members, it was agreed that a meeting sometime in February or atter a new Airport Manager is appointed would he more beneficial. Items the board would like to discuss with the City Council will be reviewed during the February Advisory Board meeting. Mr. Denton informed the board that several of the T -hangar lease agreements were expired and that letters will be sent to them requesting they make arrangements with the City to have their lease agreements updated. VIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business for discussion, Mr. Ferguson motioned for adjournment, Mr. Rollins seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m. Minutes Prepared by Carol Peters, Administrative Secretary Minutes Approved by: _-IJ. Fred Fred altz Chairman, Airport Advisory Board