Airport Authority

( Athens Ail'port Authority Meeting April 25, 2017 3:30p.m. Athens Flight Center - Conference Room Authority: Beth Higgins, Chair Allen Seymour, Michael Pierce, Bayne Smith, Airport: Tim Beggerly, Airport Director Robert Hiss, ACC Assistant Manager Angela Dalton, Airport Billing Coordinator Public Comments: NIA Open Meeting 1. Approval of March 14, 2017 Authority Minutes and April 6, 2017 Special Called Meeting Minutes: Approved as submitted. 2. Financial Report: Mr. Beggerly reviewed the financial report as of 3/31/17. The receivables aging report was also reviewed. Zoning:N/A Old Business ( 1. Project Updates: a. Commercial Terminal Project: Mr. Beggerly reported that this project is still on schedule and within budget. Discussion was held concerning the ribbon cutting ceremony. Mr. Sanders, SPLOST Program Manager, will rep01t next month conceming the protocol for speakers and guests. b. Runway rehab project: Staff is working with GDOT to addres their comments on the scope of work and fees and has a meeting scheduled this week with GDOT and engineers to review the latest round of comments. 2. Airport Manager Reports: a. Aircraft Operations: Up 23% from April 2016 and up 40% year to date. b. TSPLOST Requests: Mr. Beggerly repotted that the Citizen's Advisory Committee has made their selection for projects to recommend to the Mayor & Commission. Currently, only the CJP matching funds requested by the Airport was selected from the Airport's submittals. The Committee will have a presentation of their final list to the Mayor & .Commission at a May Work Session and public meetings will also be held in May. It was noted that the Mayor & Commission will make the final decision on all funding amounts and projects. 3. Airline Sub-committee Report: Mrs. Higgins updated the Authority on the meeting held last week with the prospective airline. She noted that they are interested in Athens and discussions will continue. The process is moving forward and the next step is to develop an Airport Recruiting/Incentive Plan. The Committee is still strategically working to have an airline on board when the terminal ribbon cutting ceremony takes place, (  4. New Committees: Mrs. Higgins noted that in a special called meeting, committees were discussed and outlined per the minutes of that meeting. Mr. Smith made a motion to adopt the committees as listed (see below) in the minutes. Mr. Seymour 2nd • Motion approved. Discussion was held concerning members and a chair for each of the Committees. It was determined that Mrs. Higgins will send an email to the Authority members seeking volunteers and will appoint them at the May meeting. Business, Finance and Planning: Develop annual business plan Compile annual fmancial report Assist in development of Airpmt Master Plan Assist in development of annual Airpo1t. budget Operating: Assist in reviewing Airport fees, land leases and daily operations Authority Board recruiting Airport staffmg Airport contracts Review proposed zoning requests Assist with Airpo1t construction and building Air Service Development & Marketing: Airline recruiting Review ASD contracts Attend ASD conferences .,./ Community Prnmotion Customer feedback 5. Airport Finances: Mrs. Higgins distributed copies of the report she compiled for her business class for the airport to review. Also included were handouts of other Airport's rates and fees schedules and an Introduction to Airport Finance repo1t for review. Tue Business, Finance and Planning Committee will be working with staff on rates and fees and possibly restmcturing of finances. New Business · 1. Fuel proposals: Nfr. Beggerly noted that the Fuel Supplier contract for the Ai\-po1t fueling operation will expire on June 30 .. Proposals have been !'eceived and staff will !'eview, score, and bring the results to the Authority for their !'eview and approval at the May meeting. Once the Authority has reviewed and approved a prnposal, their recommendation will be forwarded to the Mayor and Commission for their app1·oval. Tabled Items: NIA Adjourn: 4:38 p.m. (