HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-05-09 MinutesFAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES
May 9, 2013
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Josh Mahony, Bill Corley, Rick Bailey, Marty
Burggraf
MEMBERS ABSENT: Ken Haxel, Mike Gibbs
OTHERS PRESENT: Craig Young -tenant; Jeffry Gates -Air Museum, Mitch Rose-
MCE; Bill Flowers-MCE; Terry Gulley -City of Fayetteville Transportation Department;
Joel Walsh- NWA Times; John P. Ross -Ross Executive Aviation, Inc; Mauro Campos -
Fayetteville Fire Department; John Holley-HolleyAir, LLC; Greg Carter -tenant; Wayne
Jones-MCE
ITEM #1: Welcome. Chairman Nickle.
ITEM #2: Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the April 11, 2013 meeting.
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Rick Bailey, and seconded Bill
Corley. The motion carried.
ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports.
A. Director Boudreaux, Aviation Director.
Activity was down most likely due to military flights but as of yesterday the final
inspection was complete. Boudreaux received an email from the DLA and FYV is good
to go so the military invoices can now be processed. FYV is back on the website as an
into -wing agent.
Drake Field's tower is safe until June 15 but we are still fighting the tower
closure. Chief of Staff Don Marr has an upcoming meeting with Mr. Huerta of FAA.
NFlight is project moving forward and Wayne said he believes it will begin
within the next 30 days.
IT has already moved in to their new space at the airport and the
interdepartmental agreement is in place (IT is paying the airport rent). Their server room
will be built in the old sound pit.
The ARC is still moving along. June 22 is the race termination date. McClelland
Engineers drilled the holes and tie downs will be in place before the race (58 or 59
airplanes).
The contract from AvFuel is in place for approval by City Council on May 2151.
AvFuel will change the Phillips 66 sign to AvFuel. Nicholson said the AvFuel staff is
responsive and easy to work with. Boudreaux said that AvFuel has a DLA sector so
everything is handled at the AvFuel headquarters.
Annual Certification Inspection is next Tuesday and Boudreaux predicted it will
last for about two days.
B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson, Budget Report.
Reported the airport's cumulative average of operations was down a little bit.
However, Nicholson pointed out that April is not typically a strong month. DLA fuel
sales are cyclical and Nicholson predicted that the DLA contract getting straightened out
will help in the months to come. Fuel sales were still ahead by 11% from last year.
Nicholson pointed out that the local fuel prices are a little bit higher than the
average in the southwest region. Overall, the prices at Drake Field have dropped
considerably since the City took over. Nicholson said he feels the airport is very
competitive and said some airports might be adjusting their prices in relation to ours.
Nickle agreed with Nicholson that other airports have taken notice of the lower prices.
Nicholson discussed the financial report. He did a couple calculations on the
airport's average margin. Right now, it is at about $1.10 or $1.05 a gallon, but he said the
margin should be closer to $1.50.
Nicholson said his biggest challenge is correlating all the reports he receives from
AvFuel. Everything is electronic and AvFuel sends the airport money twice a week.
C. Administrative Assistant, Lauren Treat, T -Hangar Report.
Reported that all T -Hangars are full and seven are rented for storage.
D. Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, Construction Report.
Nickle thanked Wayne and the rest of the McClelland Engineers for the cookout.
Wayne said MCE has done the cookout at the airport for 5+ years now and they enjoy
doing it. He introduced a couple other guys from MCE. Wayne briefly discussed the
NFlight project.
E. Museum Executive Director Warren Jones, Museum Report.
Warren had no report. Nickle asked Boudreaux if the ARC still needed
volunteers. Boudreaux said yes, volunteers are still needed. He encouraged the Board
that if they have extra time on June 22 to please give Warren a call and help out at the
airport. Bailey said there will be volunteers from the Lions Club.
F. Marketing Committee Chairman Bill Corley, Marketing Report.
Corley said the design concept is not approved so the marketing committee and
Gulley will need to get together. Gulley said there were concerns over associating the
airport with a bird after we just did a wildlife assessment trying to remove the birds from
the airport. The historical aspect of the Drake family might need to be looked into a little
more, as well.
ITEM #4: Old Business.
Update: SkyVenture Aviation Lease.
Nickle said lease terms have not been finalized yet. Boudreaux and Gulley are
scheduled to meet with Mark Frankum sometime in the next week.
ITEM #5: New Business. None.
ITEM #6: Other Business.
A. Items from the Public.
Jeffry Gates said after the following Monday after the ARC (June 24), a B-17
"Aluminum Overcast" will be at the Museum at noon. There will be some sort of an
event along with tours, etc. The Museum is hoping they will do about two flights a day.
The plane will leave Drake Field on that Thursday (June 27).
B. Items from the Airport Board.
Bailey asked about the self -serve pumps on the East side and if the AvFuel card
can be used there. Nicholson said he would look into it.
AT 1:54 P.M.
Mahony,
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