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AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES
February 11, 2010
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Otto Loewer, David Hollman, Vaughn DeCoster,
Janice Stanesic, Tim McCarley
MEMBERS ABSENT: Richard Greene
STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers
OTHERS PRESENT: Russ Smith and Gerald Jones -Flying Investments, Wayne Jones -
McClelland Engineers, Blaise Sharkey and MaryKathryn Floyd -Million Air Fayetteville,
Skip Descent -NW Arkansas Times
ITEM #1: Welcome -Chairman Nickle
ITEM #2: Approval of the minutes of the January 14, 2010 Airport Board Meeting.
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Tim McCarley and seconded by
Vaughn DeCoster. The motion carried.
• ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports.
A. Director Boudreaux, report on Airport Activity. Reported the operations are still
down as well as the fuel sales. Said he had helped with the snow removal, had driven the
snow plow eight hours on Saturday, January 30`h. The airport was closed at 9:00 on
Friday night because the snow was above the runway lights. Have rented out six
locations in the old Tech School facility for oversized vehicles at $100.00 a month, and
have room for more. Still working on getting an easement from Keamey's, have talked
with their attorney, and AEDQ reports no problem, but no progress. Prefer not going for
condemnation to get the easement. V. DeCoster suggesting comparing the operations and
fuel figures with the average for past five years, instead of using the peak figures.
B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson report on the FBO and Airport Budget.
Referencing the charts in the slide presentation, said they are in a different format. In
January there were 1,932 aircraft operations, the winter weather was the biggest factor in
January. The itinerant operations continue to show some positive growth. There was
30,979 gallons of aviation fuel sold in January, a couple thousand gallons better than
December. Million Air has sold more fuel than the City ever did running the FBO. Chart
shows itinerant jet -burners are buying less fuel on the road. Retail fuel prices are
inching upward, but we are right at the national average for jet fuel and 50 cents below
the regional and national average for 100LL. The final operational numbers for 2009
were positive. Financial report shows the 2010 budget. We are not receiving any income
from the state Sales Tax on aviation goods.
• C. Louise Powers report on T -hangars. There is one twin unit available.
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• D. Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, report on construction projects. Said the
contractor has not had much opportunity to do much work in the last month. They had
worked seven to ten days in the last month -and -half The FAA Road Show Conference is
scheduled for March 8-9 in Shreveport.
E. Museum reports. Warren Jones is in Tulsa for a meeting and couldn't be here. They
had a roof leak and it was repaired, it was under warranty. The heater went out in the
east side of the building and we fixed that for them. He expressed appreciation to past
Museum President Hugh Brewer for his fund raising efforts, ending the year in the black.
On February 131h the Historical Research group will tour the museum. Paula Marinoni is
promoting the 1071h year of the Kitty Hawk flight.
F. Maintenance Report. Mentioned that during all the winter weather, staff, besides
removing snow, had performed maintenance on their equipment.
ITEM 4: Old Business.
A. Information: Request for Proposal, RFP 10-03, Wildlife Hazard Assessment.
The City is in the process of preparing the RFP according to the City regulations for the
FAA required Wildlife Assessment.
A motion
was
made by David Holtman and seconded
by
Vaughn DeCoster to go
forth with
the
RFP for the Wildlife Hazard Assessment.
ITEM #5: New Business.
• A. Schedule a Strategic Planning Meeting. The Board needs to consider the FBO
contract, requests made by the FBO, and from Mr. Gerald Jones and his company. The
meeting was set for February 18`h at 1:30 p.m.
B. Information: IRON PIG Festival, 5K run, 1 mile walk, and 18 mile bike time
trail. The Airport will close the Airport for one hour for the while they use the Runway
for their walk, and the Airport staff will walk the Runway for the annual FAA required
inspection of the Runway surface. Event will be on April P. Notice will be sent to the
tenants and a NOTAM will be issued 72 hours before the Airport is closed.
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A motion
was made by Janice Stanesic
and seconded by
Tim McCarley. The motion
carried.
ITEM #6: Other Business
A. Items from the Public. Ray mentioned he had sent emails to each Board Member
regarding the aircraft crash south of the Airport.
B. Items from the Airport Board. None.
Meeting Adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
David Hollman, Secretary
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