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CCAA Minutes 09-27-2004COLLIER COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 Present: Dennis Vasey Stephen Price Byron Meade Raymond Rewis Robin Doyle Staff: John Kirchner Gene Schmidt Joan Greco Public: Winona Stone Carol Glassman Luc Carriere Tom Palmer I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AND QUORUM CHECK Meeting called to order at 1:05 p.m. and quorum was present. Executive Directors Report Gene Schmidt spoke on the rate change for the backlight board to $250 annually with a 10% discount to those that answered right away. The Emergency Preparedness Plan had a few minor changes but remained basically the same. Gene Schmidt said there were no major claims in any of the airports in the hurricanes. John Kirchner has a letter of intent from Florida Air Tradesport stating they would like to do business with us. As it stands we need to extend the runway to accommodate their DC9’s. John Kirchner spoke about the sheriff’s dwelling on the Immokalee Airport property that is damaged. Facilities had put $25,000 into. John’s recommendation was to discontinue using it as a residence and either use it as storage or take it down. The dwelling is not needed to deter crime as they have cameras on site. Dennis Vasey made a motion to terminate license for the dwelling. Raymond Rewis seconded it. Robin Doyle wanted to give him 60 day Notice if needed. All were in favor. Robin Doyle thought the trip to Poland was good for the entire Immokalee area and that Skytruck would greatly benefit our money problems. Dennis Vasey made a motion for approval of Executive Director to go on trip. Steve Price seconded the motion. All were in favor. Gene Schmidt spoke about the well drilling at Immokalee for the ground contamination at Air Works. John Kirchner said we were obligated to work on this, as we are the owner of the land. An $11,000 quote to put in 4 wells for the soil sampling is our current situation. MacTech is the company we received the bid from. Approval of Agenda Some changes were made to the agenda such as IIIA3 was moved to II and IIIB had 2 added Airport Consultant Selection Approval. Steve Price seconded motion and all were in favor. B. Administrative 1. Election of Officers Dennis Vasey stated that the election of officers begins serving on October 1, 2004. Steve Price nominated Robin Doyle for Chairman. Byron Meade seconded it. Steve Price moved that the nominations be closed and Dennis Vasey seconded it. Dennis Vasey moved that Robin Doyle be the Chairman. All were in favor. Dennis Vasey then opened the nominations for Vice Chairman. Steve Price declined the nomination. Robin Doyle nominated Jim Peterka. Steve Price seconded it. All were in favor. Dennis Vasey then went on to Secretary and asked Raymond Rewis if he would like that position. He said no as he does not have the time. Robin Doyle nominated Byron Meade. Steve Price seconded. Dennis Vasey moved that the nominations be closed. All were in favor. Dennis Vasey stated that Robin Doyle would be Chairman, Jim Peterka Vice- Chairman and Byron Meade Secretary. 2. Airport Consultant Selection Approval Gene Schmidt said that Luc Carriere and Hole Montes is our consultant again. Dennis Vasey motioned the airport authority ratify Hole Montes as the airport design and engineer firm. Robin Doyle abstained due to a conflict. All else were in favor. C. Capital Improvements Luc Carriere told us the Immokalee campground facility was getting the Certificate of Occupancy and in the final phase of the environmental application. The parallel taxiway C project is moving along. Also working on a proposal and grant with EDC for the pond retention. Luc stated that Everglades Airpark has Quality Enterprise to build a runway. Must be careful of the eagle’s nest, as it is their nesting time. The beacon tower will be relocated this fall. Tom Palmer said the transfer of Everglades Airpark would take about 2 years once the FAA has received the information they requested. The FAA will either sign a letter of no objection or not. There has been no direct contact between Everglades City and the FAA and minimal contact between the county and Everglades City. Luc said we should keep projects moving forward for the Everglades Airpark otherwise we could lose funding. Luc Carriere then spoke about the Marco Airport. The taxiway project is still being worked on. Waiting for the Corps permit and the Fish and Wildlife permit. The mitigation plans are ready to go. FAA needs to receive a grant by June 1, 2005 for this project and the Immokalee project so we do not lose any existing funding. FDOT has given us a grant for removal of vegetation, mangroves etc. We could not do anything due to the crocodiles till October. Gene Schmidt noted that the Everglades Airpark is in the NIPA system- the National Integrated Airport system and has to remain there. Tom Palmer stated that there could be other offers for the Everglades Airpark if Everglades City does not get it or it could remain within the county. D. Old Business Dennis Vasey spoke about the Selection Committee panel that ranked and selected the candidates. The Chairman would negotiate an employment agreement with the selectee. The Chairman will come back with the document to be ratified by the board and then it will go to the BCC with and Executive Summary recommending that this person be hired. The BCC can then say yes and would send a letter of employment. The employee would respond to Human Resources and act upon it. Robin Doyle spoke highly of Theresa Cook, our candidate for the Executive Director position. Robin suggested if we were not successful with our top ranked candidate that we would start the search over. Dennis Vasey made a motion to approve the selection committee and selection panel’s nominee, Theresa Cooke. Steve Price seconded it. Dennis Vasey also motioned to approve the Chairman negotiating the employment agreement. Byron Meade seconded. All in Favor Gene Schmidt would like to change the next board meeting to October 18. Steve Price would like a special meeting to ratify this contract. Dennis Vasey made a motion to adjourn. Robin Doyle seconded it. All in favor.