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08/19/2019 MinutesMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD THURSDAY, August 15, 2019 1. Call meeting to order. Meeting was called to order at 5:30. Members present were Ray Ball, Scott Avery, Scott Hearne, and Anna Spencer. Also present were Paula Portugal, Carla Easton, Jerry Richey and Lance Nicholson. 2. Citizens input. No one spoke. 3. Consider approval of minutes from March 21, 2019 regular meeting. Ray Ball moved for approval of minutes, Anna Spencer seconded. Motion passed 4-0 4. Discuss and take action on delinquent hangar rentals. Carla Easton said the city attorney would send letters to two tenants who were behind by more than 60 days. Ray Ball said he spoke to Aaron Hiller, who told him that he came to the city that day and paid eight months of rent in advance. Ray Ball also said he spoke with Dr. Edenhoffer, and that he wants his attorney to review the new lease agreements prior to signing them. Mr. Ball said Dr. Edenhoffer's attorney had been out of town. A Motion to approve a current understanding of this status was made by Ray Ball and seconded by Scott Hearne. Motion passed 4-0. 5. Receive manager's report. Carla Easton said there was nothing new to report. 6. Receive FBO report. Jerry Richey reported the ditches had been cleaned out near the west taxi -way. He said everything was running smooth, Scott Hearn wanted to know if all of the hangars had been vacated there were supposed to be vacated. Jerry said no, that Eric Clifford still had one. Jerry also said he had sent John Godwin an e-mail about three hangars that were being subleased. Ray Ball said the purpose of the new leases were to eliminate all subleases with new leases. He also said if a situation still existed, then it needed to be addressed with a formal letter from the city attorney. Jerry Richey said he heard B-12 was not in compliance but he would check into that and report to the board. Scott Hearne wanted to know if Dr. Moreno's hangar had been finished, and Jerry said it was close to being finish. Ray Ball said they need to stay on top of the new leases. A Motion to approve an understanding of the current status was made by Ray Ball and it was seconded by Scott Hearne. Motion passed 4-0. 7. Request items for future agendas. Scott Hearne requested an item regarding discussion and action on non-compliance of lease agreements. Ms. Easton asked the board members and Jerry Richey to provide city with a list of anyone they knew that was not in compliance. Ray Ball said he would like a presentation on the airport budget, including the airport's income and what they were spending monthly. Ms. Easton said she could give then an annual budget report but did not think they needed to do it monthly. Ms. Easton said the city did a lot with the State on funding projects. She said she could also give them a presentation about the RAMP Plan. Scott Avery asked about the annual budget and giving input to the city council. Ms. Easton said that needed to be done in April of each year. Mr. Hearne said he would like a discussion item about ground leases and building hangars, because it was difficult to do that at Cox Field. Mr. Ball agreed. 8. Adjournment. Anna Spencer made a motion to adjourn and Ray Ball seconded the motion. Motion passed 4-0. The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.