Airport Advisory Commission Meeting

CITY OF LOS BANOS AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 ACTION MINUTES – These minutes are prepared to depict action taken for agenda items presented to the Airport Advisory Commission. Special Note – This meeting was held by teleconference due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Anderson had technical difficulty. Commissioner Reed called the Airport Advisory Commission Meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Reed led the pledge of allegiance. ROLL CALL – MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION PRESENT: Anderson, Blevins, King, Reed; Leonardo excused. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Public Works Operations Manager Via, Administrative Coordinator de Melo. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Reed, seconded by Blevins to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present; Leonardo excused. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE ACTION MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 17, 2021: Motion by Reed, seconded by King to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative vote of all Airport Advisory Commission Members present; Leonardo excused. PUBLIC FORUM: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY; INCLUDES AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO A FIVE (5) MINUTE PRESENTATION. DETAILED GUIDELINES ARE POSTED ON THE COUNCIL CHAMBER INFORMATIONAL TABLE. Secretary de Melo stated that no comments were received and the public forum was therefore closed. AIRPORT 2021 FUEL SALES REVIEW. Operations Manager reported JetA is currently 3.55/gallon. 100LL is at $5.55/gallon. We just purchased a load of both fuel types. AIRPORT 2020/20121 REVENUE/EXPENDITURE UPDATE. Operations Manager Via reported we haven’t had a lot of expenditures this fiscal year. We spent about $3,000 painting the fuel tanks, when they were cleaned. We just rented out a hangar for one month to the Milliken Museum who will be going through some historical artifacts. PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS REPORT. Operations Manager Via reported we recently had a Caltrans inspection. There were four items that need to be addressed. One item was the runway end identifier lights are out and need to be replaced. Two trees by the lounge need to be trimmed. Some Taxiway and direction signs are faded and need replacement, and blue sheet retro-reflective material is faded and need replacement. We used the orchard blower for the first time last week. It worked really well. We will be using this once a month or as needed. We just re-hired a part-time position out at the airport that was laid off during Covid. Chairperson Anderson asked the status of the airport tour. Operations Manager said we can have the tour during our next Commission meeting in October. COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS. BLEVINS: Will not be able to make it to the next meeting. KING: No report. LEONARDO: Excused. REED: No report. ANDERSON: Keep up the good work, looking forward to our next meeting. ADJOURNMENT: Chairperson Anderson adjourned the meeting at the hour of 5:23 p.m. APPROVED: ________________________ Chairperson Anderson ATTEST: _____________________ Jelene de Melo, Secretary