HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-09-2024 Fairhope Airport Authority Meeting MinutesMinutes of Fairhope Airport Authority
July 9, 2024
The Fairhope Airport Authority met July 9, 2024 at 5:00PM in the City Hall
Council chambers at 161 N Section Street.
Present: Pel Henry, Chairman, Don Ward, Will Bruce, Chip Groner, Amy
Pearson, Jack Burrell, and Len Strickland. Also present was Josh Myrick,
Attorney and Dave Friedel, Airport Manager. Cynthia A Boothe took the
Minutes.
The Minutes of the June 11, 2024 regular meeting were considered and
approved with a motion by Chip Groner, second by Will Bruce and
unanimously passed.
Airport Manager's Operation Report: Dave Friedel reported that the traffic
count for June was 6281 compared with 6962 for June, 2023.
Dave received a quote from Perry Brothers for the fuel tank refurbishments of
$64,410.00 to sandblast both tanks, re-line Jet A, line 1 00LL, paint exterior,
rebuild front pump drip pan area. He has contacted Rebel Tanks in
Mississippi for a second estimate.
Dave stated that he and Pam Caudill are making plans for the Air Race Classic
to be held in Fairhope on June 17, 2025. They have prepared a briefing, have
hotel discussions ongoing, will brief the City Council and have a radio
interview scheduled.
Dave has also been in contact with the 99s who would like to paint the
Compass Rose prior to the Air Race Classic. He will ask Jordan to have the
Compass Rose re-surveyed to check the orientation.
Continental Aerospace Report: No report.
Engineer's Report: Pel Henry stated that the new terminal building should be
ready for the Certificate of 'occupancy by the end of the month so that the
Airport Authority can take possession.
Pel also stated that the Terminal Building currently has twenty-four parking
spaces, and it is the general feeling that there is a need for more parking so
Jordan has designed another parking lot just north of the current one and
should give the Terminal a total of 48 parking spaces. The Authority will use
the construction contingency funds for the construction of the parking lot.
After a group discussion, a motion was made by Don Ward to amend the East
Side layout to include the new asphalt parking lot based on the bid received to
use contingency funds for the construction. A second was made by Len
Strickland and it unanimously passed.
Treasurer's Report: Amy Pearson went over the year-to-date Profit & Loss
Budget Performance and Balance Sheet and stated that it is about time to
start working on next year's budget numbers.
Legal Report: Josh Myrick stated that he has been working with Don Ward on
the FBO lease which will be discussed in Executive Session later. Other than
that, he has nothing else to report.
Board Discussion/Appr oval Requests: Pel Henry stated that the FBO Lease
Agreement is being worked on and will be discussed in Executive Session.
Pel talked with Coley Boone from Thames-Batre who gave Pel a cost of
$15,580.00 to cover the Terminal Building for Property & General Liability
insurance. It is an addendum to the current policy which will be renewed in
March 2025. After a group discussion, Jack Burrell made a motion to
authorize Pel Henry, as Chairman, to arrange for the property & General
Liability Insurance for the Terminal Building, second by Len Strickland and
unanimously passed.
Other Business: Jack Burrell stated that at the Fairhope Docks an email is
sent to them each time the fuel trucks make a delivery of any type of fuel and
thinks that the Airport Authority should consider asking for emails for the
different fuel farms at the Airport to help verify the amounts of fuel that are
being delivered. Josh Myrick stated that he would check the leases but feels
like they can ask the lease holders to send the emails.
Pel Henry stated that there are problems with the gate on County Rd 13 being
left open which could lead to security problems. He would like to start
imposing fines for leaving the gate unlocked. The fines would be assessed to
the lease holder responsible for the gate being left unlocked. After a group
discussion it was decided that Josh will write up a policy concerning the
responsibility of the lease holder and the fine that will be implemented and
present it at the next regular meeting.
Jordan Stringfellow of Volkert Engineering stated that she had gotten a call
from ALDOTwanting to know if the Airport Authority would be interested in
their Pavement Maintenance Program. It would cover 75% of the cost and the
Authority would be responsible for 25% of the cost. Jordan said she would
work up an estimate for a sealcoat on the East and West Side of the Airport so
that she can send in pre-applications if approved.
Jordan stated that there would be a meeting in September with ALDOT to go
over Capital Improvement Projects and she would like to meet with Authority
members to go over any changes to the plan they may want to make. Don
Ward suggested that the Authority Members might want to consider plans to
extend the infrastructure on the East Side further to the south so that it will be
ready for future hangar expansion when needed.
Comments from Advisory Council Members: Will Bruce stated that Abe
Harper, who was attending the meeting , is a member of the Mobile Airport
Authority. Abe gave a brief overview of what is going on with the Mobile
Authority.
Comments from the General Public: No Report.
Move to Executive Session to discuss FBO Lease Agreement: Josh My rick
stated that a motion was needed to move into Executive Session to discuss
the consideration the Authority is willing to accept for a lease agreement for
the FBO. The time for the Executive Session will need to be stated and a
statement that there will be no further action taken once the Authority
Members return to the meeting. Don Ward made a motion that the Authority
will move to Executive Session to discuss an overview of the current
negotiations with Flightline First for approximately fifteen minutes and there
will be no further action taken when the meeting resumes. A second was
made by Chip Groner and it was unanimously passed. The Authority Members
moved to Executive Session at 5:52PM.
Return from executive Session: The Authority Members returned from
Executive Session at 6:42PM and resumed the meeting.
Adjournment: A motion was made by Don Ward to adjourn the meeting,
second by Chip Groner and unanimously passed.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:43PM.
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