Airport Board

September 24, 2025 Regular Board Meeting A. CALL TO ORDER Board Chair called the meeting to order at 3:00 Motion to excuse Tim Thomson Motion by Art Bettge, second by Lee Espey Motion Carries B. PUBLIC COMMENT Persons may comment on any agenda item that the Board will take final action on. No public comment was made. C. ADOPTION OF MINUTES 5-7 Motion to approve the minutes as presented. Board Minutes 8-27-2025 .pdf Motion by Art Bettge, second by Paul Kimmell Motion Carries D. APPROVE AUGUST PAYROLL AND PAID CLAIMS 8 - 13 Motion to approve August Payroll and Paid Claims. 2025-08 Board Financials.pdf Motion by Ron Wachter, second by Lee Espey Motion Carries E. PASSENGERS, LANDING AND FREIGHT 14 - 15 Page 1 of 15  2025-08 PAX Info.pdf F. ACTION ITEMS 1. Surplus SRE transfer to WYS airport The airport has an aging SRE plow truck with a spreader that it does not use due to FAA standards and the practice of brooming vs. plowing to meet those requirements. The plow is an Oshkosh 2008, and we have a request from Yellowstone Airport to consider donating directly to them as another Part 139 airport. The Yellowstone Airport has ability to store and maintain the truck as per FAA standards as well as a genuine need for the equipment to open that airport in the spring and keep operations going into their late season. WYS would be responsible for transport at no cost to transfer to PUW. They would also be required to maintain, keep and use the equipment and not sell it. Motion by Paul Kimmell, second by Art Bettge Motion Carries 2. Farm Lease Extension Our Current farm lease is due for amendment or rebid. Due to the timing and discussion with the current tenant over escalation pricing, the decision was made to request an extension (at the current rate) for one year allowing a transition time for the tenant and time for the airport to prepare another Request for Proposals for the 2027 farming season. Motion by Art Bettge, second by Gus LaRoy Motion Carries 3. Task Order #5 An on-call Task order for up to $20,000, renewable by the Executive Director, for Engineering and Architectural tasks by Mead & Hunt to be approved for miscellaneous needs that may not be covered by an FAA grant. The on call covers flexibility and needs of the airport in minor cases and provides a task for Mead and Hunt for insurability purposes. Motion by Paul Kimmell, second by Art Bettge Motion Carries G. DISCUSSION ITEMS General Updates  Airport Fire and Ops hosted the required FAA and TSA tabletop exercises last Page 2 of 15  week. Attendees were from the regional first responder agencies, Alaska / Horizon and TSA. o Winter is around the corner and the annual Winter operations meeting will be held next month to describe how the airport, GA, SEL, FAA and Alaska will operate and maintain infrastructure, communication, and flights through inclement weather this year.  We have contractors on the airport working through the first phase of the deicing delivery system for ground application of spent deicing fluid. This is a part of the Ramp expansion project that needs to be completed before spring, the remainder of the ramp will be completed during next summer’s constructions season.  Horizon hosted a “meet and greet” in Spokane with a report on the new direction with Alaska. Cargo operations are being explored here.  TSA operations are going well with REAL ID compliance.  A weather station disruption cancelled a midnight flight last week. The fault was repaired the next day.  AIP-72 Grant for the ARFF truck replacement project has been executed.  Deicing tank work is started and should be completed this fall before deicing season. Work is being done via warranty.  There is work being done on continued study of a southern truck diversion route, the route around the airport has been asked about and I will explain the airport’s status within the larger discussion.  The mayors and I had very productive meetings and discussions with both Federal delegations last week in DC. H. CALENDAR AND EVENTS October Board Meeting Oct. 29, 2025 NAC, Salt Lake Sept. 27-Oct 1, 2025 NWAAAE Conf. Colorado Springs Oct. 8-10, 2025 TakeOff Air Service Conf, Tallahassee FL Nov. 4-6, 2025 AAAE Policy Review Committee, Detroit Nov. 19-20, 2025 NWAAE Exec. Committee, Boise Nov. 21, 2025 Page 3 of 15 I. ADJOURNMENT A motion to adjourn the regular meeting of the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Motion by Ron Wachter, second by Paul Kimmell Motion Carries Page 4 of 15 August 27, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Board Members Excused Absent Francis Benjamin, Chair Art Bettge, Vice Chair Lee Espey, University of Idaho x Tim Thomson, City of Moscow Kate Kamerrer, Washington State University Ron Wachter, At Large Paul Kimmell, Latah County Representative Gus LaRoy, City of Pullman Others Present Tony Bean, Airport Director Colin Gulbrandson, Airport Accountant Rob Rembert, Airport Legal Counsel Andy Patrick, Inter-State Aviation Kevin Mulcaster, Mead & Hunt Jason Bridie, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Kevin Nuechterlein, Mead & Hunt Zayne Hunter, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Vicky Murray, WSU Alex Aegerter, Airport Chief of - Operations and ARFF Cherri Gentry, Board Secretary 1. Board Chair Francis Benjamin called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. 2. Tim moved to approve the June minutes, second by Paul, none opposed. 3. Public comment. No public comment was made 4. Payroll and paid claims presented by Tony. Ron motioned to approve payroll and paid claims, second by Art, none opposed 5. Bean presented the Passengers and Landing Fees Report. We are up 26% over last year at this time. The Boise flight is back. This fall, we will operate four flights: three to Seattle and one to Boise, which resumed on 8/22/2025. 6. Chair comments. Francis presented Vicky with a plaque thanking her for dedication and commitment to PUW and welcomed her replacement Kate Kamerrer as the Washington State University representative. 7. Project status updates. 1|Page 3625 NE Airport Dr, Building 460 • Pullman, WA 99163 (509) 338-3223 • Fax (509) 334-5217 Page 5 of 15  a. Kevin Mulcaster with Mead & Hunt, Master Plan is on schedule and should be complete by the end of 2025. b. Tony and Kevin spoke about pushing the Apron and SRE Building out 1 year. c. Tony explained that the warranty work being done on the Glycol Tank. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT ACTION ITEMS GSA Scop was scratched as an action item. A list of local contractors will be given to help GSA with projects. DISCUSSION ITEMS • General Updates - A new meeting record management system is being initiated through the City of Pullman, from BoardDocs to Diligent Community. Staff is going through training to utilize and understand the system. - Our FAA grant planning is caring over 1 year with an as yet unidentified area for our next major project, consolidating SRE into one facility. The SRE Facility was to start design this year and will be a major topic of the Master Planning process in the coming weeks. The airport team felt it prudent to move the project out considering the Master Plan schedule, fluid Project Management on the FAA side at this time and other project consideration with the timing this year. - The airport will continue the marketing presence for U of I sports. A new banner is being made, and radio spots have been developed. - We have been steadily been working with the City of Pullman Public Works to determine the steps needed to expand Airport Road and engage the FAA part 163 process to remove the land necessary from the Airport inventory. - A meeting was held with Idaho Airports and ITD Aeronautics leadership and staff to discuss ways to better communicate projects and understand a process for issuing grants and priorities moving forward. Soon there will be legislative discussions on defining a priority funding system. - Horizon is currently going through a local management change. - TSA determinations on charter arrivals and departure due to screening requirements was addressed and answered this week for guidance to the teams and staff moving forward. - Deicing tank troubleshooting potential repairs are being investigated to ensure the system is working properly. Work is being done via warranty. Meeting adjourned at 3:47 by motion from Ron and seconded by Art. Calendar and Events September Board Meeting September 27 2025 DC Congressional Meetings September 15-19, 2025 NAC, Salt Lake September 27- October 1, 2025 2|Page 3625 NE Airport Dr, Building 460 • Pullman, WA 99163 (509) 338-3223 • Fax (509) 334-5217 Page 6 of 15  /s/__________ Cherri Gentry 3|Page 3625 NE Airport Dr, Building 460 • Pullman, WA 99163 (509) 338-3223 • Fax (509) 334-5217 Page 7 of 15 Page 8 of 15 Page 9 of 15 Page 10 of 15 Page 11 of 15 Page 12 of 15 Page 13 of 15 Page 14 of 15 Page 15 of 15