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unqualified workers, four men plus equipment spent approximately eight <br />hours accomplishing nothing. <br />Bud Buster was asked to look over the situation. He does not feel a <br />tiller would do the job. Mr. Buster gave an estimate of $800. to do <br />the job. This seems to be less than what it is costing the City using <br />their own employees and equipment. <br />A motion was made by Victor Abeles to recommend to the City of Paris to <br />contract with a private contractor if it feels it does not have the <br />qualified people at this time to straighten out the drainage problem <br />essential in protecting the airport runways since over $70,000 of <br />taxpayer's money has been spent in making repairs and improvements. <br />Further inspection of the airport revealed an appalling situation <br />regarding the area in front of the fuel storage tanks. The Board <br />wonders why the city dug out a good base, consisting of a foot of white <br />rock. This took four men with a backhoe two hours to bust out. Then <br />without any obvious changes, expansion, etc., they simply replaced the <br />foot of white rock which probably cost the city $1000 to $1500 of <br />taxpayer's money. <br />After viewing the - situation, the advisory board suggests that now since <br />part of the area is already torn up that the city go ahead and include <br />the area on both sides of the area in front of the storage tanks since <br />both areas are small and it will enable the large tankers to turn <br />safely from the access road to unload the fuel. Also, if they will <br />overlay the area from Wren's hangar to Join the pad in front, this <br />whole area will not only look better, but it will be more serviceable. <br />Mr. Burress put into motion a request that Mr. Boots explain to the <br />City Council why all this time and money has been spent without the <br />obvious council of an engineer or at least an experienced contractor to <br />avoid unneeded work or futile attempts at doing work it is not <br />qualified to do. Victor Abeles seconded the motion and it carried. <br />Mr. Collier's report on fuel tanks along with Mr. Clifford's report on <br />self - fueling will be carried forward to the next meeting. <br />After the next meeting agenda was discussed, Mr. Bill Boothe moved that <br />the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Victor Abeles. Motion carried. <br />O-C_9� <br />