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Committee: Fairhope Airport Authority
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
Place: Council Chambers
161 North Section Street
Subject: General Discussion
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Fairhope Airport Authority Agenda
February 8, 2022
5:00 pm meeting in the Council Chambers
City Hall -161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL
1. Call to order by The Vice Chairman, Chip Groner
2. Determination if a quorum exists
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approval of the minutes from the January 11, 2021 regular
meeting
5. Fairhope Airport operations-Chip Groner
6. Continental Aerospace report-Nick Van Houten
7. Engineer's report. Update on bids for new FBO
8. Treasurer's report-Amy Pearson
9. Legal report-Josh Myrick
10. Other business
11. Comments from the public-limited to 3 minutes
12.Executive session under section 36-25A-7(3), Code of Alabama to
discuss pending or imminent litigation.
13. Return from executive session
14. Adjournment
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Minutes of Fairhope Airport Authority
February 8, 2022
The Fairhope Airport Authority met February 8, 2022 at 5 :00PM in the City
Council Chambers at 161 N Section Street.
Present: Chip Groner, Vice Chairman, Pel Henry, Will Bruce, Amy Pearson, and
Jack Burrell . Don Lagarde and Vince Boothe were absent . Also present was Josh
Myrick, Attorney. Cynthia A Boothe took the Minutes .
The Minutes of the January 11, 2021 regular meeting were considered and
approved with a motion by Pel Henry, second by Jack Burrell and unanimously
passed .
The Minutes of the January 19, 2022 Special Meeting were considered and
approved with a motion by Amy Pearson, second by Will Bruce and unanimously
passed.
Engineer1 s Report: Jo r dan Stringfellow went over different funding options for
the FBO and stated that she will need a decis i on from the Authority soon about
whether the Author ity wants to move forward with building the FBO . Chip
Groner stated that the Authority would probab ly have an answer by the next
meeting . Jordan stated that the last COVID grant for $59,000 .00 is in and they are
ready to upload invoice s for expenses to apply to the grant.
Fairhope Airport Operations: Chip Groner stated that 3 lights were out, but they
have purchased a quantity of bulbs to have on hand for change outs . The AWOS
w i nd direction is out and there needs to be a n elevat i on and true no rth survey
done to adjust it. Pel Henry made a motion t o have the survey done w ith a not to
exceed amount of $1 ,000 .00, second by Jack Burrell and unanimous ly passed .
Continental Aerospace Report: Nick VanHouten reported that the A i rport has
been very busy. He noted that fuel prices have gone up but that the fuel sales
have gone up also . He stated that there will be a vintage jet event March 4th
through 6th and a tr i-motor event March 10t h through 13 th .
Treasurer's Report: Amy Pearson stated that she is using a new format for the
Treasurer's report and then went over the income and expenses .
Legal Report: Josh Myrick stated that he has drafted the short-term lease for
Redcel Aviation and has sent it to them for review .
Other Business: Russ Kilgore stated that with the efforts of the Aviation Council
that the Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 83 for the Alabama Airport Economic
Infrastructure program . The bill (Alabama House Bill 207) will now have to be
passed by the House to go into effect. This funding should help the General and
Commercial Aviation Airports with funding for their projects . He encouraged the
Authority members to contact State Representatives for support of this bill.
Comments from the public: No report .
Executive Session under section 36-25A-7(3), Code of Alabama to discuss
pending or imminent litigation: Josh Myrick stated that the Authority would be
going into Executive Session under 36-25A-7(3), Code of Alabama to discuss
pending or imminent litigation and that he certifies that the pending litigation
section is applicable to this Executive Session . Jack Burrell made a motion to
move to Executive Session , second by Pel Henry. There was a roll call vote and
Chip Groner, Pel Henry, Will Bruce, Amy Pearson , and Jack Burrell all voted 'Aye'.
The Authority members moved into Executive Session at 5 :35PM for
approximately 30 minutes.
Return from Executive Session: The Authority Members returned from Executive
Session and reconvened at 6:09PM. Jack Burrell stated that in the near future he
would like the Authority to have a discussion about self-serve fuel pumps .
Adjournment: Jack Burrell made a motion to adjourn, second by Pel Henry and
unanimously passed . The meeting adjourned at 6:12PM .
Chip Groner, Vice Cha i rman
Submitted by : Cynthia A Boothe