PELLSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT BOARD Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:00 a.m. Upstairs Conference Room Airport Terminal Pellston Regional Airport Call to Order: Chairman Charlie MacInnis called the meeting to order at 11:01 a.m. in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Pellston Regional Airport Present: Commissioner Charlie MacInnis, Commissioner Toni Drier, Commissioner John Stakoe, Carlin Smith, Tom Fairbairn Absent: Mark Drier, Chris Nathan Others in Attendance: Airport Manager Kelley Atkins; Jeff Mallory, Pellston ARFF, Inc.; John Calabrese, Administrator; Glen Schlak, Northern Michigan Jet Services; Kody Desmanais, Delta Airlines; Recording Secretary Priscilla Meyer Public Comment: None. New Business: Agenda: Motion by Stakoe to approve the agenda as presented. Supported by Fairbairn. Motion carried in a unanimous voice vote. Minutes: T. Drier asked that on the last page of the minutes that that road be changed to Ely Road. Motion by Fairbairn to approve the minutes from the May 22, 2018 meeting, with correction. Supported by Stakoe. Motion carried in a unanimous voice vote. Air Traffic Operations: Atkins reported on air traffic operations as shown on the attached report. Fuel Sales: Atkins reported on fuel sales as shown on the attached General Aviation and Airline Fuel Reports. Airline Passengers O&D: Atkins reported on airline passengers originating and deplaning. Airline passengers are up 25% from last year at this time. (See attached.) 1
Financial Report: Atkins provided and went through the Airport Financial Report through May 31, 2018. (See attached.) Northern Michigan Jet Services Update: Administrator Calabrese reported that all the leases have been approved by the Board and Plane Care will start the construction of their new hangar soon. Plane Care will be taking over hangar 4P which will be their temporary service area while they are building their new hangar. Glen Schlak said he already has a plane up here waiting for inspection. To start out they are looking at employing 5 10 people. When the new building is up they will need between 15 20 employees. Wildlife Hazard Management & Assessment Plan: Atkins said he checked with the FAA District Office in Detroit to review the fees and they said the amounts were in line with what the surveys require. Atkins passed out a Scope of Work and Advisory Circular (see attached). An Agreement of Services with Stantec will be presented to the Board at the July Board Meeting. Atkins said this expense is in the airport budget. 95% will be covered by federal, 2.5% by state, and 2.5% locally (passenger facility charges). Atkins said that once they went with the 10 fence they have not had a problem with deer and mostly what they deal with is birds. Mallory said typically it is seagulls that are the issue. They have had some sand hill cranes which they have been able to keep away from the airport. The Airport Board has reviewed the scope of work and Atkins has provided information to the Board in response to questions asked previously. Motion by Smith that the Airport Board recommends to the full Board approval of the Wildlife Hazard Management & Assessment Plan Contract with Stantec, funded by a combination of federal funds, state funds, and passenger facility charges. Supported by Fairbairn. Motion carried in a unanimous voice vote. Atkins said that they will be doing the paint marking and crack sealing in September when the grant comes out. The cost is going to be $174,500.80. 95% will be covered by federal, 2.5% by state, and 2.5% locally (passenger facility charges). This will be brought to the full County Board in July. Mead & Hunt will be managing the project. SkyWest Missed Flights: At the last meeting it was suggested that the airport contact people about their missed flights. Atkins said it would be difficult to get the personal contact information from the airlines. Kody Desmanais from Delta said that when a ticket is booked the customer puts in an email or phone number and when Sky West 2
knows a flight is getting cancelled then Delta s system will send out messages to the customers on the flight cancellation/change. Desmanais also said that surveys that have come back from customers put Pellston Airport at a perfect score. Pellston is one of four of similar size airports that have a perfect score. This covers the general airport experience and communication with customers. Federal Project/Roads: Atkins said that following the last meeting there was a question asked if there was money in grants to do repairs to roads that are damaged during airport construction work. He did check and there is money available if there is damage done on the airport. MDOT Airport Awareness: This is an annual grant ($10,000 state and $1,112 county) for advertising that will be brought to the July Board meeting. It is already in the advertising budget. Kody Desmanais passed out a schedule (attached) for July 8 August 12, 2018 adding a 9:47 a.m. flight coming into Pellston and leaving at 10:12 a.m. There will be five flights a day. Public Comment: None. Announcements: The July 24, 2018 meeting is cancelled. The next meeting is set for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 28, 2018. Meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. Date: XX/XX 2018 Charlie MacInnis, Chairman Approved: XX/XX/2018 3