Airport Commission

NEW PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING John Knisley Municipal Centre Tuesday July 11th, 2023 IN ATTENDANCE: Don Kennedy (chair), Yamini Gowda (MBI), Larry Lowdermilk, Noah Porter, Bob Bedard, Brian Marsh, Eric Hubbard, Dan Lanzer MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00pm by Don Kennedy 1. Don mentioned due to not meeting quorum in June we will vote to approve May meeting minutes as well as June’s discussion. Dan Lanzer motions to approve, Bob Bedard seconds. The motion passes with no abstentions a. Correction – Bob Bedard was not included in attendance for the June discussion. 2. Reports a. Restaurant – Larry Lowdermilk reported that the gross sales for May 2023 was $68,743.67. On June 12th, 2023 we received a check for $1,950.32. Brian Marsh motions to accept restaurant report, Dan Lanzer seconds. The motion passes with no abstentions. b. Airport Manager – i. Monthly Cash Flow – Eric Hubbard reported that 3,794.80 gallons of 100LL and 1,104.40 of Jet A were purchased in June. Hangar rents totaled $4,320.00, 30 maintenance fees collected for $750.00, and the courtesy car was used 18 times. ii. Monthly Safety Inspection – Eric Hubbard reported that the Unicom system is currently broken and needs repaired. One of the courtesy cars is currently inoperable. Southway was re-called in regards to the fence. There is a new service agreement for the POS Terminal. iii. Bob Bedard motions to approve the airport manager report. Dan Lanzer seconds. The motion passes with no abstentions. c. Financial Report – Larry Lowdermilk reported the cash position balance at the end of June 2023 was $49,808.00. No expenditures for May were reported. There was a discussion about some confusion with available balances in the different accounts. No motion to accept the report was made, motion tabled. d. Michael Baker International (MBI) – Yamini Gowda advised on the following projects: i. Task order #09 – Final cleanup and seeding completed week of May 22, 2023. Cost to repair the 7 lights - $6,750, Cost to replace the 7 lights $6,900. There was a discussion on the lighting protection installed for this project and whether or not it is sufficient. It was recommended that airport maintenance try testing a known good light on a light that was damaged by lightening to see if they can be repaired by just replacing the bulb. ii. Task order #12 – No real update, grant closeout is set to be submitted to FAA.  iii. Task order #01 – Still waiting on grant from FAA. Not received as of July 11th, 2023. iv. Invoices - Invoice 1183719 in the amount of $8,500.00 for professional services for the period from November 1, 2022, through May 28, 2023. ODOT share 95% $8,075.00 and local share 5% $425.00. v. Brian Marsh motions to approve the report, Bob Bedard seconds. The motion passes with no abstentions. 3. Old Business: a. None 4. New Business: a. Don Kennedy discussed the possibility of raising rents which was brought up last month. An increase of $15/ month was brought up as the recommended amount. Don read the list of hangars paying $110/month, which would see a $25/month increase in order to make all rents the same, at $135/month plus $25 in maintenance fees for every hangar. Whether or not to require rent payments every 6 months, yearly, or by eft was also continued from last month. Doing so would put the airport and city owned hangars on the same schedule. Voting on this was tabled to allow for further discussion. Any rent raise or schedule implementation would take effect January 2024. b. Eric Hubbard mentioned some of the hangar doors could use some new rollers. Larry suggested Eric get quotes so he can turn them in to get a PO made. Another repair to fix a leak in a hangar roof was suggested Eric look into. If under $1,000.00, the amount is considered discretionary and a quote is not needed. c. Don Kennedy got a quote to convert the airport sign to LED and installed/rewired from Lighting Signs and Decal LLC. The quote total is for $1,200.94. Bob Bedard made a motion to approve the light, Brian Marsh seconds. The motion passes with no abstentions. 5. Other Business: a. None 6. Good and Welfare a. None MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:45: Motioned by Bob Bedard, Brian Marsh seconded. For the Chair, Noah Porter