Airport Authority

AIRPORT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING MINUTES December 5, 2022 12/5/2022 - Minutes 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL Members Present: Herb Gillis, Clarke Gerard, Fred Halde, Manny Grimaldo, Phillip Weikert Ex-officio Member - City Commissioner Danny Krueger Staff Present: Amanda Kirby, Airport Manager; Jennifer Nanek, City Clerk 2. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS 3. Minutes - October 3, 2022 The minutes of October 3, 2022 were reviewed. Phillip Weikert made a motion to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved. 4. AIRPORT ACTIVITIES MONTHLY REPORT Amanda Kirby, Airport Manager, reviewed the monthly report. [Begin monthly report] City of Lake Wales- AIRPORT ACTIVITIES REPORT November 2022 l Jet-A Gallons Delivered/ Sold: 2380.94 gallons= $12,754.56 l 100LL Gallons Delivered/ Sold: 3381.12 gallons= $16,821.18 l Hangar Rent Collected: $8,017 l JumpFL Building Rent: $3,772 l Fun Flight Training Rent: $ l Tie Down Fees Collected: $180 l Jump Florida Jump Fees: $180 l Aviator PPG Student Fees: $ l OneUp Adventures Student Fees: $ l Number of Take Offs and Landings for the Month:  l OneUp Adventures Student Fees: $ l Number of Take Offs and Landings for the Month: Single Engine 832 l Special Events: N/A Multi Engine 21 Helicopter 9 [End monthly report] Military 0 Business Jet 7 Ultralight & Light Sport 150 5. UPDATE BY CITY STAFF Total 1019 Fuel Farm: Amanda Kirby said the new fuel tanks will take 6 and a half months to arrive. Approval of the Fuel Farm grant and construction is on the Commission agenda tomorrow. Parts for the current system will be $2000. The Chair asked who got the bid. Ms. Kirby said L Cobb Construction with Avacon. This project was discussed. Ms. Kirby reported on new employee, Colton Shepherd, who works in maintenance and operations. There may be an RC Air show at the Airport in November that is being looked into. Phillip Weikert reviewed the event. He said it may bring more awareness to the Airport and people to Lake Wales. This was discussed. There was consensus to explore this possibility. The Chair asked about the Master Plan. Ms. Kirby said it is almost done. 6. Food Truck Rallies Amanda Kirby suggested a food truck rally quarterly at the Airport. The idea was discussed. 7. BOARD MEMBER UPDATES Phil Weikert reported that the gate near the paramotors is open or broken. Ms. Kirby said SEMCO is supposed to work on this. She is trying to get it fixed. Fred Halde asked if groups have regular events. Ms. Kirby said there are some rotating skydiving events at the airport sometimes. The paramotors do events like Sun in Fun. These were discussed. Commissioner Krueger asked for input on how the Commission can help grow the airport. The need for more hangars were discussed. Ms. Kirby said she gets calls about hangars daily. 8. Meeting Schedule Ms. Kirby suggested an earlier time for the meetings. This was discussed. Ms. Nanek said the meeting date is February 6 and will send around an email for a discussion on the best time. 9. ADJOURNMENT Next Meeting is February 6th. The Meeting was adjourned. _________________________ Chair _________________________ Chair ATTEST: __________________________ City Clerk