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• MINUTES OF THE FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOARD
February 14, 2007
MEMBERS ATTENDING: Bob Nickle, David Holtman, Otto Loewer, Janice Stanesic, Richard
Greene, Tim McCarley
MEMBERS ABSENT: Vaughn DeCoster (Military Leave)
STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers
OTHERS PRESENT: Blaise Sharkey -Million Air, Warren Jones -Arkansas Air Museum, Dave
Bowman -former Airport Board Member, Mark Frankum-SkyVenture Aviation, Tyrone Rogers -
Fayetteville Government Channel, Cherie Boudreaux -citizen
ITEM #1: Welcome and Agenda Review — Chairman Nickle.
A. Announcement, turn off cell phones.
B. Presentation of plaque to Dave Bowman, former Airport Board Member. Chairman Nickle
made the presentation and also expressed the Mayor Dan Coody's appreciation for Dave's work on
the Airport Board. D. Bowman said the plaque meant a lot to him, the Airport has seen
unprecedented growth and it was nice to be a part of that growth.
• C. Comments from the public on agenda items. None.
D. Welcome to Blaise Sharkey, new General Manager for Million Air. Director Boudreaux
introduced Blaise, saying he comes to Million Air from British Petroleum and brings a lot of skill to
Million Air. B. Sharkey stated he was happy to be here and part of Million Air. He moved here
from Michigan and his family will move here when this semester is over.
ITEM # 2: Minutes of the January 10, 200 7 meeting.
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Otto Loewer and seconded by Janice Stanesic.
The motion carried.
ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports.
A. Bob Nickle, Chairman. Reported that all Board Members that had been in town had attended
the City Council Meeting, the Council had appreciated the Board's report, and they are aware the
Airport has made great strides.
B. Ray Boudreaux, Director. Congratulated Chairman Nickle on the Council presentation. The
fuel sales are going strong, thanks to Million Air. Contractors are putting down red dirt for the first
corporate hangar. Thanked SkyVenture and AOPA for their sponsorship of the pilots safety
meeting, one hundred and fifty-four attended. The EEA will have their meeting in the Conference
Room on Sunday. Work continues with the PAPPI, they had a problem with the grounding.
Regarding the safety improvements at the north end of the runway, said he had met with the
Arkansas Highway Commission, and had a letter from Dan Flowers, of the Highway Commission,
• which said to just follow the rules established by the Highway Department. The restaurant people
have been painting getting ready to move in.
C. James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator. January's operations are less than 2006, but similar
to 2003 and 2002. Said he had talked to the tower and they assured me they are reporting the same
way; talked to all the local airports and their numbers are down in December. In displaying the •
charts, R. Greene requested the additional charts shown on the screen be provided each time in the
agenda. Discussion followed on the Airport's expenses and revenues. It was requested to provide
information on where the expense is going versus where the revenue is coming from, ranging over
two years. O. Loewer wondered if the ratio is changing, with more itinerate operations, or if the
based customers were holding their own. J. Nicholson said both types of customers are equally
important. R. Greene asked if the Airport would need to offer more services to attend to more
customers. J. Nicholson reported the Airport's fuel prices are about the middle of the range locally.
He reported the 2007 column in the Financial Report is different from last month because of Journal
Entries moving money to the year it was allocated, and some revenues had not been posted at the
last report. The Fund Balance for 2006 is not fully tallied, but it appears we are ahead of where we
thought we were. Chairman Nickle commented on the lack of revenue from the school hangar for
four or five months because they had moved. Director Boudreaux said he would be advertising the
hangar as the arrangement with the industrial. client fell through. It was suggested to post a list of
all the businesses on the field at the Safety Meeting.
D. Louise Powers, T -Hangar Report. All storage units and single units are rented. There are
four twin units vacant.
E. Construction Report. Director Boudreaux said he and Wayne Jones had spent time with the
State Aeronautics people that morning closing out the west ramp project, which included the fence
around the fuel farm. The Master Plan finalization has been delayed, different departments of the
FAA have to review the five pages of the Airport Layout Plan. The final review will take about
four to five months to complete. Referencing the new hangars, one metal hangar should be
delivered around March 290' and the second hangar around April 28`". Said there would be a •
construction fence installed along the south side of the ramp across from the FBO hangar.
F. Maintenance Report. Director Boudreaux said the main thing was getting the restaurant area
ready for a new tenant, replacing lights and light fixtures, and repairing leaks. Work was performed
on some of the T -Hangars, Superior's and Spitfire's hangars, and snow removal on the ramps.
ITEM #4: Old Business. None.
ITEM #5: New Business.
A. Review updated "Non -Public Fuel Storage and Handling Policy and Procedure Manual
and Minimum Standards Permit". Chairman Nickle asked the Board Members to read the
proposed document and discuss it at the next Strategic Planning Meeting. He also suggested
researching other airports on their fuel policies. Director Boudreaux said the original permit was
dated 1987 and had not been updated until now. A public funded airport must have the permit in
case someone does want to do their own fueling.
ITEM #6: Other Business.
A. Items from the public. None.
B. Items from the Airport Board. March 9a' at 2:00 was set for the Strategic Planning Meeting.
Meetm* Adjourned at 2:
David Hollman, Secretary Date
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