HomeMy WebLinkAboutLaurel Airport Authority Minutes 12.11.1984MINUTES OF THE LAUREL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
December 11, 1984
Dave Powers Vice Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM held at the
Laurel City Council Chambers. Herb Olsen, Guy Stormont and Claude Cory were
present. John Smith was absent due to being out of town.
Albert Ehrlick May®r'- Laurel along with 19 other visitors attended this meeting.
Norma F. Buchman, Richard M. Heriem, Colleen Chapman, Mary McKamy, Terry Fatzinger,
Bob Redding, Dan Moore, Dolores Moore, L. R. Kellog, Bob Jam, Cal Cumin, Don
Hackman, Mel Tiensvold, Rick Sanford, Jeff Doty, Steve Romines Marvin Carter.
Also in attendence were Harold N. Handke Federal Aernautics Authority and
Dave Kneedler Montana Aeronautics Board ?. Joe Bradley City Attorney also
was in attendance.
Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting were dispensed with and acting
chairman called on Dave Kneedler for he comments.
Mr. Kneedler stated that he and Mr. Handke were attending the meeting as observser
only but to help in anyway possible.
Next Chairman called on Mel Tiensvold CPA for his comments on fincial position of
the Laurel Airport. He reported that 1985 income would be approximately $16,000
and 1985 expenses would be about $15,000 leaving a net carry over of about $1,000.
Mel project 1985 & 86 hanger rent at $4,500, 1987 about $5,000 and by 1989 about
$7,000. The runway seal coating cost is not included in the expenses for 1985. It
is estimated this will cost about $18,000. Mel also stated that within three years
we would need another federal projectof approxixately $150,000 of which ten percent
(10%) would have to come from airport income.
Steve Romines and Mary McKamy airport hanger owners stated that they felt that the
new hangers were being charged more rent for the land that the old leases were
being charged. Mary McKamy said the increase in her land rent for the open or hail
hander as it is know by would increase from $840.00 per year to $2,100 in 1986. She
said she has a difficult time keeping fully rented now. Steve would like to havea
improvement committee appointed to investigate airport improvement and how to raise
the money for improvement.
Harold Handke made a few remarks, one that he is concerned about the threshold of 31.
He would like to have the threshold be displaced and moved down on the runway and
marked so that a pilot landing would be able to clear the trees south of the runway
and the pilot would know he would have a short runway to land on. He also suggested
that we have a standard plan for hangers we would want built at the airport.
Frank Felke of Lewistown was in attendance at the meeting and he owns and operates a
sheet metal shop for aircraft at Lewistown. He is considering opening a sheet metal
shop in the Billings area and asked about renting of land space to erect a shop. He
said that he was paying three cents ($.03) per square for vacant land and six cents
($.06?-) per square foot at the Lewistown airport. We told him we would get back to
him at a later date concerning what we would charged him for land to erect a building.
No further business Stormont made a motion we adjourn, seconded by Herb. Motion
passed: Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.
Chairman Secretary