Airport Commission

New Philadelphia Airport Commission Meeting Minutes April 13, 2021 Meeting called to order by Chairman John Zucal at 6:00PM in city council chambers. Board Members Present: Chairman John Zucal, Alex McCarthy, Brian Marsh, Councilman Dean Holland, Councilman Dan Lanzer and Secretary Don Kennedy. Excused absences for Chris Bower and Josh Limbacher. Guests: Jeff Erb and Elizabeth Hvixdos(Red). Barbara Schwartz of Magoo’s was also in attendance. Meeting Minutes: Minutes of the February and March (summary-no quorum) meetings were presented and reviewed. Motion by Councilman Lanzer, seconded by Secretary Kennedy to approve minutes as presented. Motion passed 6-0. Airport Restaurant Report: Chairman Zucal introduced Barb Schwartz, co-owner with her husband Calvin Schwartz of Magoo’s Restaurant in the Airport Restaurant. 1. Airport Restaurant Payment of $1.203.95 was received in March 2021, made on check number 11156 dated 3/11/2021. Reported gross sales were $41,974.59 Councilman Dean Holland commented on the quality of the Food being offered by our tenants and thanked Mrs. Schwartz for handling of restaurant operations. Motion by Mr. McCarthy, seconded by councilman Holland to approve Airport Restaurant Report. Motion passed 6-0. Airport Managers Report: Elizabeth Hvizdos presented the airport managers’ report. 100LL fuel sales were up over March 2020 as was Jet A. 32 maintenance fees collected and rent. Checks were not presented at tonight’s meeting and will be mailed to the auditor office by Pro Av. There was 3 courtesy car uses this month. No issues reported for the Field inspection report. Mr. Kennedy brought up the status of the Beacon Tower replacement. Yamini will work with Jeff Erb to make sure the Beacon can be placed next to the Water Tower in the Industrial Park. Details need to be worked out with KSU trustees whose land our present Beacon sits on and what will become of the existing tower as the city has leases on it with other companies. Mr. Zucal will look into this with the administration. Motion by Marsh, seconded by councilman Holland to approve Airport Managers Report. Motion approved 6-0. Monthly Revenue Update: Mr. Jeff Erb presented to committee. 1. Airport Funds o Cash position balance at the end of March 2021 was $41,766.67. o Expenditures for February and March, 2021. Page 2 New Phila Airport Commission  Airport Equipment Maintenance: Acct 101-2100-3501  Diversified Engineering – Survey Airport - $1,324.21.  BALANCE $8,675.79.  Airport Facilities Maintenance: Acct 101-2100-3502  Pro AV – Trouble shoot PAPI’s – Wood Elec $190.97  BALANCE $6,462.03.  Airport Hangar Maintenance: Acct 475-7500-3501  Miller Septic – Porta-jon rental – $90.00.  Miller Septic – Porta-jon rental – $80.00.  BALANCE $5,650.00.  Capital Improvement: Acct 475-7500-5900  BALANCE $10,000.00. Mr. Kennedy questioned the Capital Improvement Acct -5900 as only having $10,000 balance. No expenditures noted during the first 3 months of operations and he felt this was an incorrect balance as he believes we have always started the year with $20,000. Council Lanzer and Zucal stated there were no cuts in our appropriations and also felt this was a low amount. Mr. Erb will talk with Auditor Beth Gundy on this and report back to the Airport Commission. Motion by Councilman Lanzer, seconded by Marsh to approve Monthly Revenue Update. Motion passed 6-0. Consultant’s Report: Yamini Gouda was present for report from Michael Baker Jr. Task Order #5(Grant closeout) is in process. Task Order #3(Runway Papi project) final payment was made to Bronder Technical Services. Issue with PAPI alignment was resolved. Task Order #3 to be removed from MB report. Task Order #6(Taxi lane T/HA – design and CA) presently on hold due to land issue with ODS. Miscellaneous-Land lease issue- received draft of the Deed. Mayor Day sent to FAA on 4/12. FY2022 ODOT grant applications due on 5-1-21 for Runway Lighting rehabilitation project. Yamini Gouda advised to file grant application before 5-1-2021 and Chairman Zucal will see that the needed resolution will be done by Council on an Emergency basis and forwarded to Yamini for submission to ODOT. Both Quarterly reports for open FAA grant from 2020 and ODOT Airport Grant application for FY2022 were approved by the airport Commission. Motion by Councilman Holland and seconded by Secretary Kennedy to approve Consultant’s report as presented. Motion passed. 6-0. NEW/OLD Business: Chairman Zucal presented to the Committee a verbal request he received from Susan Reidenbach of United Way of Tuscarawas County to have a Fund Raiser at the Airport of a Craft and Brew event. This event would more than likely due to its name involve liquor. Mr. Holland was excused at 6:50PM. Secretary Kennedy inquired of Chairman Zucal what would be the cities response to having Liquor on city owned property. Mr. Zucal stated that the Italian Festival had liquor (beer) at their event in the Page 3 New Phila Airport Commission square. Mr. Kennedy questioned if this would be a good idea at our airport as we would more than likely have to close the airport for such an event which is not highly looked at by the FAA and also our concern with people on our tarmac where planes are tied down. Other committee members also were concerned with this being held at the airport as more suitable locations are available for a fund raiser. Members mentioned all the good things the United Way does for our community and did not want to hinder their fund raising, but felt the airport was not the best location for such an event. Mr. Zucal stated he just wanted to bring it up to the committee for discussion and if Mrs. Reidenbach wants to present more information on her idea, we would welcome her attendance with more appropriate information to be considered. Secretary Kennedy then asked the committee if they had proceeded last month with the proposals submitted for the FBO office roof project. Several prices were reviewed and emailed to committee members last month. Most were from out of the area. The Hicks Roofing Company submitted a proposal for this work of approximately $17,500.00 and Secretary Kennedy recommends that the committee accept this project with Hicks Roofing as they are local company with a fine reputation and have done work for us before and stood behind their projects. Mr. Zucal stated it’s always good to do business with local taxpayers. Chairman Zucal then moved to accept the FBO Roofing Project, subject to available capital improvement funding, seconded by Marsh. Motion approved 6-0. Secretary Kennedy then provided committee members with a proposal from Bulldog Sandblasting and Painting of New Philadelphia who provided him with an estimate/proposal to sandblast the doors and sides of the structure and wash the roof in preparation of applying Paint to all surfaces to the 14 Bay T- Hangar building on East High Avenue. The projected cost was $24,100.00 which is about $7,000 lower than proposals received last year from Five Start painting. It was noted that this structure needs painted as almost all doors have peeling paint and the roof needs painted. Due to NOT knowing how much Capital Improvement dollars we have this year, we may need to revisit this project next month or in the future. Secretary Kennedy then presented a proposal from Russ Moore Concrete to complete Hangar #13 of the 14 Bay T Hangar with concrete flooring replacing the decaying asphalt in this hangar. The current hangar pad of 15 X 15 will stay and this will complete hangar #13 as most all others are completed with the exception of Terry Henrys hangar which he does not want done any time soon. This project will be submitted to the Service Director for approval as these funds come from the Hangar Maintenance monies that are collected monthly from current hangar tenants and monies should be available. Mr. Erb will advise. Having no further business to discuss, McCarthy motioned for adjournment at 7:06PM