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LAUREL AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD MEETIN(I
Tuesday, December 20, 2018
A Laurel Airport Authority Board meeting was held in the Airport Pilot's
Lounge and called to order by Chairman Randy Hand at 19:00.
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1. Public Input
Citizens may address the board regarding any item of business not on the agenda.
The duration for an individual speaking under Public Comment is limited to three
minutes. While all comments are welcome, the board will not take action on any item
not on the agenda.
a. Matt Lurker stated that he is interested to know the status
of the MTANG discussions as well as the potential FBO sale
2. General Items
a. Previous minutes approved by unanimous consent
b. Regular occurring claims were approved
L Randy had approved YVEC and Centuryl-ink bills in
advance since they were past due
c. Report from Craig Canfield of KU on runway project:
i. Project essentially done. Lights are cutover. Some small
cleanup left including repair to taxiway guidance signs,
riverside punchlist items, normal closeout paperwork
ii. KLJ needs change order for engineering fees for moving
buildings and building future hangar pads.
iii. Construction looks to be about 2% under budget,
engineering about 5% over, total project 98.5% of budget.
d. Sign issue:
i. Lights failed late summer. It has been suggested it may
be due to lightning strike. Electronics inside some of the
new signs are melted / damaged.
ii. Craig estimates $7k to fix signs and Midland's time to
troubleshoot.
iii. Airport had not accepted the work yet and contractor had
not requested partial completion. Contractor is claiming
Act of God and therefore not their fault. Board does not
feel lightning strike is likely the cause as only some of the
units were damaged and there was no other evidence of a
lightning strike.
e. Report from Craig on SRE Buildings:
i. Siewart now has building permit and supposed to start
work. Expected timeframe is 6 weeks.
3. New Business
a. Introduced new board member, Jim Swensgard.
b. MTANG. Discussion regarding whether we should provide a lease
rate to continue negotiations, or if we need more information
first. City is investigating possibility to bring water/sewer. Also
looking into whether additional fire protection will be required.
c. Mission Aviation: New flight school operating on the field. Board
has contact information for them.
d. Web page: Discussed potentially listing rental/sale items on site.
Board feels we don't want to do that as it would be a lot of
maintenance for not much benefit.
e. Snow plow damage: deferred to future meetings since Will Metz
not in attendance.
4. Old Business
a. Hardin Graham: haven't had any further contact.
b. Northern Skies. Randy has been told that Russell Schmidt has a
tentative deal to purchase NSA, but he wants to lease the entire
ramp area. Discussion on whether this is allowed, and if so, if
we want to do that. Craig feels that we can't do that as FAA
regulations prohibit exclusivity.
c. By-laws: no further progress to report.
5. Other Items
a. A party has expressed interest in building next to Randy &
Shane. Board will work on a lease if they want to move forward.
6. —Announcements
a. none
The meeting was adjourned at 21:15.
Respectfully submitted,
Brock WIlliams
Secretary
NOTE: This meeting is open to the public. This meeting is for
information and discussion of listed agenda items.