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Oct. 28, 2014
Meeting called to order @ 19:10 hours by Chairman John Smith
Members present were John Smith, Kyle Albers, Rob Engh & Randy Hand.
Read minutes of past meeting, approved as submitted.
Guest present: Frank Felke, Don Schlegelmilch, Tom Boyce, Jim Schot, Doug Myers
Claims: KLJ Engineering, engineering work, survey and land acquisitions, assignment of
state lease, two invoices totaling $4378.28. Also paid for lawn care, power bills, porta-
potty cleaning and minor maintenance items. Claims approved as submitted.
Discussions from Guests: Why KU went from 1 mile to 3/4 mile visibility; this affects
possible condemnation of property, with no apparent gain to airport. Don noted that
Northern Skies did not request, and Montana Aeronautics did not require. So why the
request? Also mentioned that our current AWOS is not FAA certified for IFR weather, so
we could not get minimums. Response from Chairman Smith was that we are not, and
hopefully will not, need condemnation. [ I subsequently talked to KLJ, and approach
minimums were not changed, but FAA guidelines have been increased, mandating the
change in area needed.] Dr. Smith also noted that AWOS can and may be replaced, or
certification issue with FAA may be resolved, so that approaches as requested are
important. End discussion.
Distributed a draft letter on expansion from KU for review.
Don Schlegelmilch noted that the Night operators from Northern Skies seemed to be doing
a decent job of plowing snow. Wanted to train on some details, but the results are
satisfactory to date.
Meeting ended: 20:15 hours
Randy Hand
Secretary