October 20, 2022 at 8:15 AM - Airport Advisory Board Meeting
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1. Open Meeting
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2. Roll Call
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3. Petitions - Communications - Citizen Concerns
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4. Items of Business
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4.A. Report on Advisory Board establishment and operations.
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Blaine Spanjer explained to the Board that the change from Airport Authority to the Airport Advisory Board is a result of the airport having no debt. According to state statute, when there is no debt, the Authority will be dissolved. The Board will operate similarly, except the voting will be on making a recommendation to the City Council, who will make the overall decision on things.
City Administrator Tom Ourada clarified that the statute says the advisory board only needs to meet quarterly, but can still meet on an as-needed basis if requested. He also answered questions regarding steps to take in order to get airport issues taken care of, which will be reported to the city administrator going forward. The airport is now a department of the City, the Department of Aeronautics, and will be treated like any other department.
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4.B. Election of Chairperson.
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The Board discussed the need to have a vice chairperson as well, to keep continuity within the Board.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.C. Consider a recommendation to the City Council on Hangar #2 shop heater replacement.
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There were two bids received for replacing the heater that were discussed. However, other companies, one being local, were mentioned that may be cheaper than both of the bids. The Board recommends tabling this until the next meeting in order to have those other options looked into.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.D. Consider a recommendation to the City Council on office heating and air conditioning repairs or replacement.
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This was discussed with the previous agenda item, and was also recommended to be tabled to see what other options are available.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.E. Annual review of Manager performance. (Agreement 9/30/2025)
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Chairperson Blain Spanjer inquired about how the review will work in 2025 when this agreement needs renewed, and also how leases and FBO agreements will be handled now that the airport is a department of the city. City Administrator Tom Ourada stated that the annual review of the manager and the manager contract will stay the same, except the city will be the successor. The leases and FBO agreements will now be brought to the City Administrator and presented to the Council to be voted on.
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4.F. Review of Capital Improvement Plan.
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Pros and cons of the listed projects were discussed, which included extending the runway and/or building more hangars. Chris Corr of Olsson brought up different examples of other airports and the turnout of their projects to bring some reality to the possibilities. Also, Corr will take a look at any updates to the plans and refigure the numbers with up-to-date amounts for the next meeting.
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5. Officers' Reports
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Chairperson Blaine Spanjer reported that a tenant who was evicted has his things out of all but one hangar, which he has until the end of the month to vacate. Vicechair Howard Nitzel mentioned the annual servicing of the fuel system, which is coming up in November. Also, the Board scheduled a meeting for next month for November 10th at 8:15 am.
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5.A. Airport Manager Report
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6. Adjournment
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