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Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board Meeting - Minutes
August 9, 2022
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board held their regular meeting on August 9, 2022 at
11:30 am at The Pilot House Restaurant.
Board Members Present: Staff Present:
Richard Knote, Chair Katrina Amos, Airport Manager
Beverly Cleair, Vice Chair Audrey Lorch, Airport Support Spec.
Shawn Wasson, Board Member Mark Bliss, City Council Liaison
Justin Davidson, Board Member
Mark Mehner, Board Member
Mike Marshall, Board Member
Joe Uzoaru, Board Member
Jeff Brune, Board Member
Others Present: Nathan English, Southeast Missourian
Absent: NA
I. Call to Order/Approval of Minutes - Mr. Knote called the meeting to order at 11:32 am. All
minutes were approved Mr. Davidson moved and Mr. Mehner second the motion.
II. Appearances – NA
III. Old Business -
A. Airport Activity Report – Ms. Amos presented the June and July 2022 Airport Usage
Reports. July was down slightly by 31%, compared to July of 2021, leisure and business
travel has slowed down since this time last year. CGI is trending higher enplanements
compared to 2021at 4,315 to July 2022 at 6,287.
Airline Update – Ms. Amos informed the Board US Department of Transportation
is still working on the EAS (Essential Air Service) order, Ms. Amos stays in close
contact with CGI’s representative and feels confident the order will come
through in the next few weeks; because there are a number of communities
affected this has slowed down the process. CGI is potentially looking at end of
October for Contour Aviation service. As soon as the order comes through,
Contour will begin working on staffing.
B. Cape Aviation Report – Ms. Amos discussed the June and July 2022, Cape Aviation
Reports. Fuel sales have declined slightly at 3%, which can be attributed to the fact
SkyWest has been paired with Paducah KY, and Decatur IL, along with high fuel pricing
and less military traffic.
There has been an uptick in freight loads, July 2021, YTD was 6 freight loads, July 2022
was 14 YTD. Mr. Tartibini the Line Service Supervisor continues to monitor fuel pricing to
stay competitive.
A. Airport Projects Update –
New Terminal Building – Ms. Amos reported the Terminal project continues to
move forward, CGI held a pre-proposal meeting in August, which was well attended.
The proposals are due in September; all short listed design build teams will be
notified. Ms. Amos provided the solicitation schedule to the Board for their review.
Taxiway Bravo – Ms. Amos reports Taxiway B is moving forward and will be
underway the first week of October, the project will take 105 calendar days to
renovate with a closure from October 3rd - 13th. CGI is working with Crawford
Murphy & Tilly Inc. (consulting team) as well as Emery Sapp and Son who will be
tasked with the reconstruction portion of the project. There will be a pre-
construction meeting in the next week.
T-Hangars – Ms. Amos informed the Board the T-Hangar project is temporarily on
hold until CGI has the minimum proposals required for the Terminal Project. Once
the minimum proposals are met, the T-Hangar Project will continue.
IV. New Business –
V. Non-Agenda: Ms. Amos is working with Nicolette Brennan, Public Information Manager with the
City of Cape on a newsletter to keep the public informed about all of the Airport Projects moving
forward.
VI. Adjournment – There being no other business, Mr. Uzoaru moved to adjourn the meeting. Ms.
Noto seconded the motion. All were in favor. The meeting adjourned at 12:16pm.
Minutes prepared by:
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Audrey Lorch, Airport Support Specialist