Airport Board

Airport Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Anaconda – Deer Lodge County March 28th, 2018 – 7:00 a.m. Pilot’s Lounge . Members Present: Vice Chair Al Messer, John Lombardi, Tim Casey, Nick Nardacci , Commissioner Terry Vermeire Members Absent: Chairman Jim Jonas, Eric Cartwright, Randy Johnson Others Attending: Greg Bahr, Airport Manager, Chas Ariss, Planning Director, ADLC, Carlye Hansen, Planning Department Secretary I. Call Meeting to Order: Vice-Chair Al Messer, called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. II. Approval of Minutes: Motion was made by Tim Casey to accept the minutes from February 28th, 2018; seconded by John Lombardi. Motion carried 4-0. III. Manager’s Report: Greg Bahr, Airport Manager A. Wildlife Fence – There are multiple settling spots with the new fence and an email has been sent to Tyler regarding this. The posts are firm, but there are gaps with the settling and there is potential for the wildlife to get through. The warranty for the fence is a year, but this was already an issue, so if this goes over the year long timeline, they will still have to honor the warranty B. Fuel Farm – Greg talked to Rick Tabish and he is going to get Greg the specs on what exactly this is going to be. Apparently this has all been ordered and at this time, there is no new information. Mr. Tabish will talk with his brother who will, in turn, get in touch with Greg, as this is his company that is putting the fuel farm in at the airport. When he receives this information, he will let Carlye know and emails can be sent out to the board members. C. Courtesy Car – They are still waiting on Nick Nardacci to get the rest of the repairs done on the Suburban before the purchase is made by the County. The engine has been cleaned, the headlights fixed, and there as some repair to the door handles. This will have to go through the Commission before the purchase can be made. D. Mower – There was money in the budget to purchase a lawn mower, so Greg went ahead and purchased one that he located. This is something that they can mow the  runways with and he will show everyone on the board after the meeting. He will also be able to use this for light snow removal. E. Maintenance – The new hot water heater is in. This is working well. The lights have been working well. Has only had to replace a few in the past month. F. Usage – There has been a fair amount of usage in the last month. Life Flight has been in four times, physician charters every week on Wednesday. The military helicopters have come in four times that he knows of. The come in to do their touch and goes and practice. FWP has been in four times. There has been two general aviation planes in that do touch and goes. He also had two men from town that got in touch with Greg regarding flying of some remote control airplanes. They were down here for a few hours flying. What he does with them is be sure that they have a hand held radio and this one particular guy is going to be purchasing his own, but Greg let them use the airport hand held. They just sent up on the apron and Greg tells them to pay attention to the radio and if they hear an aircraft coming in to land, please get out of the way. G. Fly-In – The fly-n information is supposed to hit the website today and then this will also be in the Montana Aeronautics flyer that comes out every month. The date of this will be August 25th, 2018. V. NEW BUSINESS: None VI. Miscellaneous/Public Comment: None Next Meeting: April 25th, 2018 Adjourn: Motion made to adjourn by Tim Casey, seconded by John Lombardi. Motion carried 4-0. Respectfully Submitted, Carlye Hansen Carlye Hansen Planning Department Secretary Anaconda-Deer Lodge County 2