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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-10-13 Minutes!.• • • • MINUTES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD MEETING October 13, 2005 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Janice Stanic, Vaughn DeCoster, Otto Loewer MEMBERS ABSENT: Frank Sperandeo, Dave Bowman, David Hollman STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Harrison and Stephanie Mosley -Plane Good Restaurant; Richard Alderman and Christie King-Wittenburg Delony and Davidson; Pam Hash -Million Air; Wayne Jones -McClelland Consulting Engineers; Cherie Boudreaux -citizen ITEM #1: Welcome and Agenda Review -Chairman Bob Nickle. Thanked C. Boudreaux for the cookies she provided for the meeting. A. Comments from the Public. None. ITEM #2: Minutes of the August 111 2005 meeting. Delayed vote until later. ITEM #3: Receiving of the Reports. A. Bob Nickle, Chairman. B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Reviewed the Airport's Quarterly Report and noted two trip reports and a letter from Chairman Nickle to the Mayor and the City Council are part of the report. Answering DeCoster, he said the Tech School has not accessed any of the grant money from the Airport; it is scheduled for next year. The requirements are very strict for disbursement. They will get institutional support from the Community College if they merge. There was a good crowd for the Snowbirds, about 3,700 on the flight line. There were 2,000 tickets sold, with the Tech School sponsoring 800 students. C. James Nicholson. The Board said they would like to see the same type of reports in the future, fuel and tower. Even though the Airport is not in the fuel business, they would like to watch the trends and see how Million Air is doing. V. DeCoster asked for the wholesale fuel chart to be broken out monthly like the other charts, and asked that Springdale's self -serve fuel prices be included in the reports. J. Nicholson stated the operations had increased slightly the last two months, more than this time last year. Fuel sales in August and September were slightly below the same months last year, but within 100 gallons. The wholesale fuel price has doubled since the first of the year. Discussing the Financial Report, V. DeCoster noted there was a loss in revenue after we stopped operating the FBO. Commented the Airport should, in three years, look to see if it had been financially feasible to have someone else operate the FBO. He said there had been good reports on AirNav about our local Million Air. D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All T -Hangars are rented. There has been some turn over in the last two months, but we still have 10 names on the single engine unit list and 4 on the twin list. E. Construction Report. W. Jones reported the construction had started for the new ramp, the old car rental building has been tom down, and Monday they will start on the sewer line in front of the terminal. They will have 150 calendar days, but may have to stop work in December depending on the weather. E. Maintenance Report. Director Boudreaux reviewed the report in the agenda, stating there have been a lot of gate problems, and we had an electrical contractor working on lights in the terminal building. Bernard Dunkleberg is close to having the first working paper finished. W. Jones said he would put the PAPPI on the Airport Layout Plan and forward information to Bernard Dunldeberg for the Master Plan. ITEM #4: Old Business. A. Terminal lobby renovation plans. R. Alderman displayed the plans and discussion followed. Plans call for a rounded counter and a plasma screen TV along the back wall, renovations in the rooms back of the lobby for line office, weather desk, media room. The blue (graphics) banner will come down, add paneling, and have murals to portray different images of Fayetteville. The old handicap stalls in the restrooms do not meet current regulations so the newer handicap stalls can't be removed to install showers. Showers could be added in the room west of the mop room for Million Air's customers. 1 • • • • Suggested bidding the base bid, and put in alternate deductions 1 and 2, meaning the 151 deduction, the restroom changes, would come off first from the bid, the restaurant 2nd. He said that if the Airport has a maintenance budget, the rest of the lobby restroom renovations could be handled that way. V. DeCoster stated it is a public airport and we want to do what the public would get the most out of for the money. H. Mosley said they would be glad to have doors to the restaurant, but would like the doors moved back towards the lobby, so they won't lose 30 seats and the entrance won't be hidden. R. Alderman said after the City advertises, their company will send out bid information to their list of contractors. It was decided the project was already approved so no Board action would be required B. Modified Fuel Formula for the Self -Serve Fueling Facility. Director Boudreaux handed out fuel pricing schedules for AvGas and MoGas. Adjustments were made due to the rising cost of fuel. The adjustment gives the Airport a six cent margin. Chairman Nickle stated the new formula is about as skinny as you can get, nothing is in it for repairs. Director Boudreaux said the price for a 10,000 gallon tank would be $28,100 installed. If we put in the tank for AvGas, it could serve the whole airport, Million Air could buy from us and they could use all their tanks for jet fuel, their biggest seller. Siloam Springs Airport's fuel pricing was discussed; they do not buy branded fuel. If you have branded fuel, you get a truck and other services like insurance and marketing, and that company shops around for the best price. Not having branded fuel, you shop around for the best delivered price. Chairman Nickle suggested waiting a year to think about buying a tank, to give Million Air a year to see how it is working. Discussion followed as to whether the Airport was subsidizing the self -serve fueling. O. Loewer opposed to adjusting the formula down even lower, that if we do it indefinately, it will sink us. He thought the Board needed to be out of the fuel business. J. Stanesic said with 100 tenants on the east side we needed to keep the fuel price competitive. A motion to accept the pricing formula and to adjust the prices on occasion to adjust to the market, was made by Vaughn DeCoster and seconded by Janice Stanesic. Being put to vote, the motion carried with three ayes, Vaughn DeCoster, Janice Stanesic, and Bob Nickle; and one abstaining, Otto Loewer. ITEM #5: New Business. A. 2006 DBE Goal Update. J. Nicholson explained the document is required by FAA regulations for the Airport to receive federal grant funds. A motion to approve and forward to the City Council was made by Janice Stanesic and seconded by Otto Loewer. The motion carried. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. Answering C. Boudreaux, Director Boudreaux said the letter to the Mayor and City Council had already been sent to them and a copy sent out in the billings to the tenants. B. Items from the Airport Board. V. DeCoster proposed a volunteer work -day to clean up and refurbish the east side pilots' lounge, with paint, new carpet. He said a working computer is needed with an aviation scanner where pilots could check ADIAS, and install a keyless lock on the building. Chairman Nickle suggested maybe the tenants could find some sponsors to help acquire some of the supplies and furnishings for the renovations. Maybe they could designate a person to coordinate delivery of snacks and have people pay by the honor systems. Director Boudreaux said he would like to see a round table with chairs instead of the large conference table. The Airport could help out some. J. Nicholson said the WSI cost was $700 a quarter. V. DeCoster said you could dial in DUATS free and it counts as an official briefing. Meeting adjoume4 at 3:35 p.m. Dave Bowman, Secretary Date 2