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include money to buy a membership in this organization for the Airport Manager. 2. Mr. Herbert Campbell asked Mr. Collier why the new sign hanging on the door in the unicom office gave incorrect information. The sign offered the Frequency 122.9 as the frequency to be used for air to air communication between aircraft. Mr. Campbell said that this should be 122.75. Mr. Collier said that Mr. Campbell was incorrect in this matter. Mr. Campbell used as his source the New Airman's Information Manual published by the United States Government. Mr. Collier said that he was unable to receive 122.75 on his radio because he did not have a crystal for that frequency and therefore would use 122.9. Mr. Campbell said that if Mr. Collier did this, he would be blocking out or suggesting that pilots block out the frequency 122.9 which is to be used at airports without a control tower, flight service station or unicom service and that this would be incorrect. Mr. Collier said he would take the sign down rather than correct it. 3. Mrs. Kristina Campbell complained to Mr. Collier that on the Saturday preceding the Airport Advisory Board, she had been at the airport and had been in the unicom office and that the employee of the City who was on duty was not wearing a shirt or undershirt and that attire was offensive to her personally and also a violation of the City Code which states that someone who is on duty should be in uniform. Mr. Collier stated that Mrs. Campbell should have communicated this complaint to him personally. Mrs. Campbell said that Mr. Collier was not at the Airport since is was his day off and that she did not feel it necessary to call him at home on the matter. Mr. Collier stated that Mrs. Campbell was perhaps mistaken, that the person with- out the shirt wasn't the employee on duty at the time and asked her if he (the employee on duty) had put gasoline in her aircraft. Mrs. Campbell stated that she had paid a bill and received some assistance in getting money back from the coke machine. Mr. Herbert Campbell stated that he had also observed the city employee without a shirt and that Dr. Keller stated that the employee had refueled his aircraft without wearing a shirt. Mr. Collier assured the Board that this would not occur again and that employees were definitely to wear shirts. There was some discussion about the matter concerning uniforms. Mr. Rex noted that in the past uniforms had been attempted. The employees have worn hats or shirts or name tags identifying them as City employees at Cox Field but that this effort had failed because the employees did not wear the uniforms. Mrs. Campbell suggested that at present name tags identifying the employee by name and the fact that they were employees at Cox Field should be used. Mrs. Campbell stated that she felt it would increase airport operations efficiency if Mr. Collier, the current Airport Manager, were to be on the Airport premises either Saturday or Sunday. This would mean a change in the Airport Manager's work schedule and that for a second day off per week, Mr. Collier would take a Monday. Mr. Collier felt that this was not a good idea. Mrs. Campbell pointed out to the Board that a lot of the difficulties which occur at the Airport happen on weekends or after Mr. Collier has gone home during the week and that there needs to be someone with authority to act as Airport Manager on the Airport during the Airport operations hours, whether it is during the week or on the weekend. Mrs. Campbell suggested that one of the employees be designated as Acting Airport Manager. Mr. Collier said that it would not be easy to do this because usually there is only one employee at the Airport on the weekends. Mrs. Campbell noted that during the Airport Board Budget Workshop, money was available in the employee pay fund to hire a second person, not full time, but part time; and that someone could be hired for the weekend during the summer so that there would be two employees