Airport Advisory Committee

Minutes Airport Advisory Committee April 16, 2024 12:00 PM Hot Springs Memorial Field 525 Airport Rd, Suite 100 Meeting called to order by Wendy Harris. 1. Roll Call Committee Members Committee Members present: Scott Lauck, Trent Foreman, Darren Clark, Mike Abram. Absent Alex Mouton. Staff: Don Rowlett, Kent Trice and Wendy Harris. 2. Consider Approval of the Agenda Trent made a motion to approve the May 21, 2024 agenda. Mike seconded the motion to approve the agenda as presented. Motion passed. 3. Consider Approval of the Minutes Darren made a motion to approve the April 16, 2024 minutes. Mike seconded the motion to approve the minutes as presented. Motion passed. 4. Introduction of Guests No Guests Present 5. Airport Director’s Report Chevy Tahoe - The Airport will be receiving a Chevy Tahoe from the HS Police Department. It’s currently in the paint shop. The Tahoe will replace the old Bucket Truck that we had previously. FAA inspection - will be June 4-6, 2024. In the process of ordering luminated Taxiway and Runway signs. The cost is $6200.00. Tar Pallet - We purchased a pallet of Tar so that we can seal the cracks on Taxiways. This is done annually. Virtower Tracking - In March, Virtower tracked an average of 73 Daily Operations. Operations being a take off or a landing. On the day of the Eclipse, the airport had 148 Operations. There were 20 Jets in and out and 55 other General Aviation Aircrafts. Eclipse Weekend, April 5-8, 2024 we had 581 Operations with 30 Jets and 169 General Aviation Aircrafts. There were about 200 people here to observe the Eclipse. Overall, the day of the Eclipse went very well. This was the busiest day at the Airport in 15 years. Airport Development – Don will be attending the State Aeronautics Commission meeting in Little Rock. Our grant request for Hangar Construction on the South Ramp is on the agenda and is expected to pass. This will be for the 80x80 on the South Ramp that Michael Hutchins is affiliated with. Michael will be covering the local cost which is a ninety-ten on the Hangar and eighty-twenty on the connecting Ramp. His portion will be $135,000.00 and the remaining will be paid by the State. 2 Fire Bombers will be housed in the Hangar. There will be a 15-year Ground Lease and Michael will pay a local match as pre-paid rent. Page 1 of 2  Runway 3 Aviation is very motivated to move here. They are working on getting their Part 145 Certification. They will be housed in A-14 along with the 2 offices they requested. Runway 3 performs maintenance on Bombardier Global Aircrafts. Hot Springs will be their home base for Aircraft Maintenance. Air Methods – wants to build a 60x60 Hangar. Meadow Homes will build the Hangar and Crew Quarters. Meadow Homes would have the lease with the Airport and will sub-let to Air Methods, which then sub-lets to LifeNet. 6. Old Business A. Part 139 Operations Tech - Positions is still open. There has been discussion on Internships for Linemen and Part 139 Ops Tech. B. Appendix K – Property rates for the Hangars, has been approved by the BOD. 7. New Business A. Current Staff – Andrey Jones will be retiring in October 2024 after 27 years here at the Airport. Alex Stone is looking into Flight Training with ATP in Little Rock. Bryce Stauder is interviewing with Hot Springs Fire Department. 8. Committee Members Comments and Questions None at this time. 9. Announcement of Next Meeting Date Next meeting is Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 12:00 P.M., Airport Conference Room, 525 Airport Rd. 10. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the committee, Trent made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Mike seconded the motion. Motion passed. Page 2 of 2