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The Fairhope Airport Authority met Tuesday, October, 20, 2009, at 4:30 PM
at the City Administration Building, 161 N. Section Street.
Present: Chuck Zunk, Chairman; Pam Caudill, Joe McEnerney, Dan
Stankoski, Charlie Bassett, Rod Platt, members; David Bagwell, Attorney.
Absent: Howard Hadley.
The minutes of September 15, 2009 meeting were considered and duly
approved on motion by Rod Platt, 2"d by Charlie Bassett and unanimously
carried.
Wetlands Mitigation Bank project — Chris Baker of HMR presented a "scope
of work proposal" to survey and analyze development plan(s) for a wetlands
mitigation bank on the west side of the airport property. After discussion and
consideration, a motion was made by Charlie Bassett, 2"d by Pam Caudill, and
unanimously carried to authorize the Chairman of the Authority to accept the
written HMR proposal, with a cost not to exceed $29,375.00.
East Side Design & Construction project— Rod Platt and Charlie Bassett
provided an update to this project. After discussion and consideration, a
motion by made by Charlie Bassett, 2"d by Joe McEnerney, and unanimously
carried to authorize the Chairman of the Authority to make an application for
Federal and State funding plus 2.5% matching funds from the Authority up to
a total project cost of $300,000 for Phase l(Design Only) of Construction of
the East Side Terminal Area; and further to authorize the Chairman of the
Authority to submit to ALDOT and the FAA its 2010-2014 Airport Capital
Improvement Plan.
Aviation Technical Skills Training Academy — Charlie Bassett provided an
update to this project.
Amendment to By -Laws — David Bagwell presented the proposed
amendments to the by-laws. The amendments if approved will remove term
limits of Airport Authority Officers. Mr. Bagwell noted that this same
proposal had been presented in writing for consideration at the previous
regularly scheduled meeting of the Authority, in conformance with required
procedures. After discussion and consideration, Charlie Bassett moved to
accept the proposed by-law changes, 2"d by Joe McEnerney and unanimously
carried.
Election of Officers — After discussion and consideration, Pam Caudill moved
to elect Charles Zunk to one year term as Chairman, 2"d by Joe McEnerney
and unanimously carried. After discussion and consideration, Joe McEnerney
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moved to elect Pam Caudill to one year term as Vice -Chairman, 2nd by Charlie
Bassett and unanimously carried. After discussion and consideration, Pam
Caudill moved to elect Joe McEnerney to one year term as
Secretary/Treasurer, 2"d by Rod Platt and unanimously carried.
Treasurer's Report — The treasurer's report was submitted to the Authority.
Joe McEnerney noted that for Fiscal 2009 ending September 30, 2009, the
Authority was slightly favorable to its operating budget, and approximately
$175,000 favorable to budget including the FAA grant. Mr. McEnerney also
discussed his intention to recommend placing $100,000 from the Construction
Account into a CD with a term of approximately 9 months, and placing an
additional $100,000 from the Construction Account into a CD with a term of
approximately 18 months. Chairman Zunk noted that no Authority resolution
was required for the Treasurer to re -allocation funds from one account to
another.
There being no further business, meeting was adjourned at 5:10