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The Airport Board of the City of Fairhope met on February
24, 1981 at 4:00 p.m. at the City Administration Building
387 Fairhope Avenue.
Those members present: Chairman Russell Kilgore,
Mac McCawley, and Jim Gaston. M.L. Aust, Consulting
Engineer. Boots Bass and Mike Hayes were present repre-
senting Bass Aviation. -Henry McCrory was also present .
Russ Kilgore recognize Mr. McCrory and asked him to relate
his account of the incidents that transpired. Mr. McCrory
discussed the letters he had received from Bass Aviation
which in effect ask Mr. McCrory to not hire anyone to
do maintenance on his plane. That Bass Aviation did this
kind of work and would be glad to do the work he needed
done., Mr. McCrory did not interpret the letter that way.
He felt that he should be free to hire whoever he wished.
Russell brought out that he thought the misunderstanding
began when Mr. McCrory left his airplane crippled on the
airstrip for a period over 24 hours. Russell read a portion
of the minimum standards for a fixed base operator to wit:
"Whereas, the Board desires that certain aeronautical services
and activities on said airport be furnished by and engaged in
for the benefit of the general flying public and to the
benefit of civil aviation by a general fixed base operator
..... and in certain obligations contained in certain contracts
and agreements between said city and the United States of America
relative to the development and operation of the said airport,
desires and determines that all such general aviation aeronautical
activities be conducted on this airport by such operators in a
fair and equitable manner;" that if Mr. McCrory did not feel
that their services were fair we could certainly check on it.
Mr. McCrory stated that he did not ask them to work on the air-
plane but had asked if they had the part he needed. He was
told that it would have to be ordered. Mrs. Bass remarked that
this is true of most jobs they do, but they would. have been glad
to schedule the work. Mr. McCrory then presented a portion of
a Federal circular and had one paragraph marked that said "a
person or his employee could work on planes" but it was pointed
out that the mechanic that worked on the plane was hired and not
an employee of Mr. McCrory's. Further discussion led to Mr.
McCrory remarking that he would seek help from the F.A.A. office
to try to interpret what was right about this. Mr. Kilgore said
that would be fine and that the Board as well as Bass Aviation
would do everything possible to work with Mr. McCrory and get this
resolved.
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Russ then related to the Board that the F.A.A. had received
our check on the -02 project and this had been officially
closed.
The Master Record that the F.A.A. keeps was discussed and
it was determined that the trees shown as obstructions
were necessary on the master record. Other than this comment
everything was okey.
Circular A-102 was discussed. And after discussion, Mac McCawley
moved pass this information on to the engineer and have him
report back at the next meeting and also order two circulars
on the guidelines for filing for federal audits. J.E. Gaston
seconded and motion passed unanimously.
Russ brought out at this time that he had received from the
F.A.A. an amendment to be executed by the Mayor and returned
on the 03 project for the installation of the fencing and
the acquisition of parcel I into the project with no additional
funding. M.L. Brought out that he thought we were going to
have a sizeable reduction on the 03 project that would cover
the addition of these two items on the project. The Board
voted to have the Mayor execute this amendment and have it
returned on motion by J.E. Gaston, seconded by Mac McCawley
and unanimously carried.
At this time M.L. brought out the letter he had written on
12/29/80 in regard to the fencing and the addition of Parcel
H and I. The fencing placement was discussed with Boots
Bass remarking that she did not know why Phil Bass had requested
they change the fencing plan to one other than what was shown
but she would check with him and get back with the Board if
necessary.
At this time the Board considered the pay requests that Aust
presented as follows:'
S.A. Graham #3 66,217.81
Dixie Lab 2,416.00
M.L. Aust-August
-Sept.
-October
-November
-December
J.E. Gaston moved to pay, McCawley seconded and motion carried
unanimously.
The temporary hangar that needed to be moved was discussed.
Russell told Boots Bass that we had asked this to be moved by
March 1, but actually it should have been April 1, 1981. Boots
said this was all they had hoped for.
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M.L. reported that he had written a letter of S.A. Graham
Co. and authorized them to start work again. Much discussion
followed as to whether we wanted them to start now or wait
longer, M.L. was of the opinion that now was okey and they
would possible finished in a month's time. Providing the
weather does not change drastically. Mac McCawley moved,
J.E. Gaston seconded give them the 27 calendar days recommended
by M.L. and discuss any problems that might come up after that
time. Motion carried unanimously.
It was reported that the new letters for the sign at the
Airport have been ordered and these will be erected by the
City crews as soon as they arrive. This was given telephone
approval by Russ Kilgore and Mac McCawley as Mr. Gaston was
out of town when we tried to reach him for a vote.
There being no further business meeting was duly adjourned.