| Middletown Airport Commission Minutes |
| Monday, January 4, 2010 8:36:48 AM - Middletown Ohio |
MIDDLETOWN AIRPORT COMMISSION
October 7, 2009
Present: Excused:
Donald Perander, Chairman Don Cole
Tom Wortley, Vice Chairman Bill Becker, City Council Rep
Tom Anderson, Secretary
Harry Pratt Guests:
Bill Wilmer Jack Wolf
William McClain Flight Instructors from Empower Aviation
Rich Bevis, Airport Manager Tim Epperhart and Francis Mead
Scott Tadych, Assistant City Engineer
I. Approval of Minutes: The minutes for the September 9th, 2009 meeting were
approved as presented.
II. Airport Capital Improvements Update:
· The FAA has indicated that the ALP should be reviewed by the end of the month.
· The water and sewer projects: The water line plan has been approved by the EPA
for some time. Discussions on the sewer with the EPA have been revolved
around the credits for elimination of ground water from the combined sewer
system. Scott has identified projects providing enough ground water elimination
credits necessary to accommodate the small amount of sewage generated at the
airport. The bid process is anticipated to start before the end of the year.
III Airport Manager’s Report:
· The AWOS system was hit by lightning, which took out the AWOS system, the
PAPI system and part of the runway lights. Brooks Electric has repaired the
systems. Over 2000 ft. of new wire has been run. The wind direction and speed
system remains to be repaired. This has been a significant unexpected cost.
· The hay has been taken off the un-mowed areas of the airport. Dingler is in the
process of reseeding and fertilizing the large areas at no cost to the airport. In
return, he has signed a 6 year agreement to cut the hay off the reseeded areas. In
addition he will remove the segmented circle around the wind tee.
· Empower Aviation has taking over the operation of the flight school at MWO.
Rich introduced the two flight instructors Francis Mead and Tim Epperhart.
Empower has initially based a Cessna 152 and a 172 at the airport. In addition
they have access to a Piper arrow and a Piper Seminal for complete training
through complex and twin ratings. It was suggested that Middletown TV be
contacted to do a story on this new arrangement.
· A new furnace has bee scheduled for the Wedekind hanger.
· Shirley has repaired the roof water leaks on the main hanger.
· There are significant repair and maintenance issues with the Jets hanger. Rich is
requesting that the Airport Commission develop a plan to address these issues.
They include:
- Drain gutters on both sides of the building need replacement
- The roof has numerous leaks. These leaks are causing deterioration of
the some of the insulation and problems in the office area of the
building
- Heating is a real issue. The old style heaters do not ignite properly and
have no forced air to push the heat from the ceiling down. Heating
costs for the hanger are very high.
- The exterior is in serious need of painting.
The airport is in the process of getting bids to repair the gutters on the Jets hanger.
The work is to be done in two phases. Total estimated cost is between $20 and
$30 K.
After the meeting a tour of the Jets hanger was conducted with the problem areas
pointed out.
IV. Misc:
· Work on the City Hanger has pretty much come to a stand still. The CAP
volunteer force as dwindled to just the Fugate brothers. The Airport Commission
has offered to assist if the CAP will identify where and what help they need.
· Scott pointed out that the members of the Airport Commission are limited to two
4 year terms. Two members, Harry Pratt and Bill Wilmer, have reached that point
Application forms were handed out for distribution to residents who may want to
apply. Only two members may be non-Middletown residents and those positions
are currently filled. The applications need to be turned in by November.
· A copy of the Airport Commission composition and duties as defined by the City
Charter was handed out. Per the charter; The Airport Commission shall advise
the City Council on all matters relative to the Municipal Airport and air traffic in
the City area.
VI. Next Commission Meeting: November 4, 2009 at the airport
MIDDLETOWN AIRPORT COMMISSION
November 4, 2009
Present: Excused:
Tom Wortley, Vice Chairman Don Cole
Tom Anderson, Secretary Bill Becker, City Council Rep
Harry Pratt Bill Wilmer
William McClain Donald Perander, Chairman
Rich Bevis, Airport Manager Guests
Jack Wolf, Assistant Airport Manager Tim Epperhart,Empower Aviation
Scott Tadych, Assistant City Engineer
I. Approval of Minutes: The minutes for the October 7th, 2009 meeting were
approved as presented.
II. Airport Capital Improvements Update:
· The FAA has indicated that the ALP was sent out for comments and the
comments were expected back by now. It’s not clear what the comments entail.
· The water and sewer projects: The request for credits for elimination of storm
water has been submitted to the EPA.
· The Airport Capital Improvement Plan and priority breakdown was presented by
Scott. Each of the 12 items were reviewed and summarized. The only item to
be added was a self serve fuel station. Any additional projects should be
submitted at the next meeting. It will be submitted to the FAA on December 15.
III Airport Manager’s Report:
· Corporate traffic is picking up.
· Two T hangers are open.
· Grass mowing is complete. A contract has been signed with Dangler to cut the
well field side of the airport. He has disked and planted new grass on the north
side of the two runways.
· Repair of the AWOS system which was hit by lightning has been completed,
which took out the AWOS system, the PAPI system and part of the runway lights.
Brooks Electric has repaired the systems. Over 2000 ft. of new wire has been run.
The wind direction and speed system remains to be repaired. This has been a
significant unexpected cost.
· Brandstetter Carroll Inc. is evaluating narrowing the grass runway from 300 ft. to
150 ft.
· A new furnace has been installed in the Gillman hanger. The tenant contributed
half of the cost.
· The hanger utilities have increased significantly over the last couple of years
which has resulted in the need to raise rents by $10 per hanger per month.
IV. Misc:
· Harry pointed out that there were nine street lights were out on Run Way and
Wedekind Way and asked how we can get them fixed.
· Work on the City Hanger has pretty much come to a stand still. The question was
raised as to whether or not the primer that has been put on the hanger will hold up
to the winter weather so that painting can resume in the spring.
· Scott handed out a copy of the maintenance and budget reports for review. These
were reports that were requested to provide some understanding of the airport
funding and budgeting process.
· There was a significant amount of discussion on what the roll of the Airport
Commission should be and what functions it should be performing. This is a
discussion that will be on going.
VI. Next Commission Meeting: December 2, 2009 at the airport
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