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Airport Board Minutes
February 16, 2017
MEMBERS PRESENT: Darryl Riddell, Paul Algee, Marty Burggraf, Bill Corley, Lizzie Johnson, Todd Crane
MEMBERS ABSENT: Rick Bailey
OTHERS PRESENT: Terry Gulley/City, Summer Fallen/City, Dee McCoy/City, Blake Pennington/City, Ben
Perea/Garver Engineers
ITEM # 1: Call to Order, Darryl Riddell
ITEM # 2: Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the January 19, 2017 meeting
• A motion to approve the January 19, 2017 minutes was made by Marty Burggraf and seconded by Bill
Corley. The motion carried.
ITEM # 3: Receiving of Reports:
A. Director's Report —provided by Terry Gulley -Transportation Services Director:
• Airport Activity: Tower operations in January were 1556, which is down from December 2016. January
fuel sales were 33067, which is up nearly 10,000 over December 2016 sales.
• Taxiway Lighting Project Update: This project is now complete. The closeout documentation has been
submitted to the FAA and the final drawdown has been requested.
• Roof Rehab Project: This item was approved by City Council on the 7th. This project should begin in
March.
• Corporate Roof Rehab Project: The bid opening took place on 14th with the preliminary low bid being
$93,462. We will be submitting a grant application to the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics in
March for this project. If awarded, we will be moving forward with the roofs at Wings, South Delta,
and Devol Aviation.
• Terminal Space Remodel: This renovation is complete and the first month's rent has been received.
The tenant has yet to begin occupying the space.
• Elite Avionics: Elite Avionics has officially received their repair station number and can begin servicing
aircraft on the field.
• New Corporate Tenant: Afterglow Aircraft Services has signed a corporate hangar lease and will be
joining the field as of March 8"'.
B. Financial Report: provided by Summer Fallen -Financial Coordinator:
• Tower operations were at 1,556 in January.
• Fuel sales were 33,067.
• FBO expenditures were $90,889.70 and the FBO revenue was at $121,313.87 with a total unaudited
profit of $30,424.17.
C. T -hangar Report - provided by Dee McCoy -Administrative Assistant:
• The airporthas six (6) vacant t -hangars.
ITEM # 5: Old Business: None
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ITEM # 6: New Business:
A. 2017 Iron Pig Festival: Bruce Dunn
• Bruce Dunn stated the Iron Pig Festival would be held on April 29th. It will be the eighth year for the
event to be held. The event will be held between 7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 650 people are expected this
year, some of which are from outside of Northwest Arkansas.
B. Current and prospective tenant outreach:
• Lizzie Johnson wanted the board's opinion on sending out a newsletter to everyone on the Arkansas
Aircraft list. Blake Pennington, Assistant City Attorney, stated that he didn't see any issues with that.
Todd Crane suggested sending out all event information, including the Iron Pig Festival. Lizzie
Johnson suggested filling out a survey to receive e-mail addresses for newsletters. Todd Crane
suggested updating the website and adding a subscribe to newsletter link. Summer Fallen stated
that a link currently exists to the airport's Facebook page and didn't' see why one couldn't be added
for a newsletter. Todd Crane and Lizzie Johnson agreed that the newsletter didn't need to be
updated monthly or quarterly, but as events occurred. Summer Fallen suggested inviting the City's'
Communications Director and staff to the next meeting to further discuss updating the airport's
website and other media options.
C. New Board Meeting Time:
• The board discussed changing the meeting time of the Airport Board Meetings from 1:30 p.m. to
2:00 p.m. Lizzie Johnson made a motion to change the meeting time to 2:00 p.m. Bill Corley
seconded the motion. The motion carried.
ITEM # 7: Other Business:
A. Items from the Airport Board:
B. Items from the Public:
• Ben Perea, Garver stated that the closeout paperwork for the Roof Rehab Project has been
submitted to the FAA. Garver is reviewing a grant application for a 10% match, which will make the
city's share just over $3,800. Also, a grant application will be submitted for the Corporate Roof
Rehab. The Taxiway Lighting Rehab Project report is due to the FAA at the end of the month.
• Summer Fallen mentioned a pilot program with the FAA for a sustainability grant. This program
would lower utility costs at the airport. The city's Sustainability Director placed a study for this
program, and is sending the information to the FAA. This program would help fund a geothermal
heating and air system.
MEETING ADJOURNED at 2:22 P.M.
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Marty Burggr Secretary Date
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