HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-18-2018 Regular MeetingMinutes of Fairhope Airport Authority
December 18, 2018
The Fairhope Airport Authority met December 18, 2018 at 4:OOPM in the
Delchamps Suite, Room 1, in the Civic Center at 161 N Section Street.
Present: Joe McEnerney, chairman, Chip Groner, Jack Burrell, Will Bruce, Vince
Boothe and Pam Caudill. Ray Hix was absent. Also present was Josh Myrick,
attorney, and Amy Pearson, Authority Treasurer. Cynthia A Boothe took the
minutes.
The minutes of the November 20, 2018 regular meeting were considered and
approved with a motion by Chip Groner, second by Jack Burrell and unanimously
passed.
Update of the East Side construction project: Chip Groner reported that the
runway would be closed from December 16th through December 22"d for work on
the east side connector taxiway.
Report on Agricultural leases: Pam Caudill reported that the last outstanding
lease has been signed and that all of the lessors have paid for 2018-2019.
Review and approval of "Notice of Availability" for East Side hangar ground
leases: Joe McEnerney stated that the Notice of Availability still needs work and
suggested that a work session be organized to work out the final details of the
Notice. January 8, 2019 was set as the date to have the work session. A motion to
table approval of this item was made by Jack Burrell, second by Pam Caudill and
unanimously passed.
Update on "Request for Qualifications" for Airport Engineering Consultants: Joe
McEnerney stated that there were five proposals received and that Vince Boothe
and Bill Pennington would review the proposals and report back to the Authority.
The proposals received were from the following Airport engineering / consulting
firms: ( 1) Michael Baker International, Inc. (2) Neel -Schaffer (3) Goodwyn Mills &
Cawood (4) Volkert Inc. (5) Engineering Design Technologies.
Update on Taxiway and Runway light blub replacement and related repairs:
Chip Groner reported that were less than ten taxiway and runway lights out and
Kyle Klimmer was working to get all the bulbs replaced and or repaired that are
out.
Airport Manager and Continental Motors Group Report:
Placement of cameras on the fence line and gate keypad - David Shearer reported
that the work should be completed by Thursday of this week.
Replacement of "sound card" in the AWOS-Joe McEnerney reported that he was
going to get the AWOS protected by surge protector before replacing the sound
card again. Chip Groner stated that he would find out if a sound card is still
required.
Repair of weather stripping on T-hangar doors -David Shearer stated that CMG is
replacing weather stripping as it has resources available.
Repaint / Refurbish exterior of T-hangars-Joe McEnerney stated that he wants the
Authority to start thinking about consider repainting / power washing all the T-
hangars. He said he would start getting pricing for the work.
Repair of potholes in FBO/hangar access road -Joe McEnerney stated that he had
received a few complaints about the potholes and that they needed to be
repaired. Jack Burrell stated that he would see what he could do to help with the
repairs.
Replacement of sky lights in South Hangar and Avionics hangar -Joe McEnerney
stated that the replacement has been budgeted so Pam Caudill made a motion to
spend up to $2,200 for the replacement, second by Chip Groner and unanimously
passed.
Update on securing a Military fuel contract -Alan Beck stated that everything has
been submitted and that they should know something in about 90 days.
Maintenance and upkeep of back-up generator -David Shearer stated that he had
a quote from Thompson to do maintenance on the generator for $825 per year.
Joe McEnerney stated that he and David would meet to discuss Thompson's
proposal and possible other alternatives.
Treasurer's report: Amy Pearson reported that the financials are in good order
and went over the maintenance items for the month. She also stated that Cathy
Calmetti is now doing the monthly bookkeeping and paying the Authority bills.
Other Business: Pam Caudill stated that she would like the Authority to organize
a report on the way the Airport functions and conducts business by writing
standard operating procedures for the Authority members. Everyone agreed and
Pam stated that she would start work on a rough draft of set standard operating
procedures for the Authority.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 4:48PM with a
motion made by Pam Caudill, second by Chip Groner and unanimously passed.
Joe NkcEnerney, Chairman
Sub fitted by Cynthia A oothe