e good oh the microphones are WR Mr wheel e it's fun to watch watch History e TR for right Wayne we're good to
start okay I'd like to uh call to order the airport committee meeting for Morehead Minnesota uh February 26 2025 at 4 o'clock uh first up will be a roll call
Gerald yes here Ryan here Wayne here Marissa Heather here Jared here Aaron okay next up we have the agenda amendments is there any amendments to the
agenda you have any changes or additions they'd like to make to the agenda okay moving on approval of the minutes we have the minutes here included in our packet for the uh May 22nd meeting 2024 make a motion make a motion to approve
the minutes I'll second the motion discussion all those in favor signif by saying I I opposed motion carried next up is uh citizens to be
heard citizens to be heard okay we'll head on to the uh business items project updates thank you chair um within your packet you'll find a few project updates
um a few big ones that have just recently been completed include the electrical Vault and Equipment replacement project project um that was um designed by Meen hunt and constructed by Sun electric that project is now complete and we also last year completed
airport zoning which was a significant effort with the airport zoning board um it got final approval mot approval city council approval um is now complete some new projects that we are um currently undertaking include the
awos sighting um the awos current location um does need to be moved as mindat will be installing a new aw system or air weather operating system um Meen hunt has been working with the FAA in mindat for probably close to 18
months now um on a new location uh the new location will be south of the primary Runway near the minimum maintenance Entrance Road to the South um and that as I understand has been approved
has been approved so then the next steps include working on various environmental documents cultural documents um an Airport layout Plan update and designed to get the necessary electrical infrastructure to that location um before final placement of the awwa
system so we're currently working on that now um any questions on that before I continue on we got far enough along where we know uh an idea when this is all get done is that too soon to
tell um no right now we have the site is approved and the next phase is we're scoping out the environmental work that's associated with it and I was just on a call with mindat yesterday and um they feel that um if all goes well
environmentally uh they we at least can get like the site work in um by this fall um which is just going to be like the power and the foundations um that kind of thing and then maybe an outside chance to get it the equipment installed
but more to come on that um but there's a light at the end of the tunnel like um Christy said it's been 18 months so that's all I was hoping for was the light I guess right all right the next project that we
are currently um looking to undertake is a increased sized jet a fuel tank because of the significant amount of fuel that we've been selling um that is Morhead Aviation has been selling as well as replacing both pumps the 100 LED
and Jet a at the airport which were installed in the mid1 1990s um we did get city council approval for the local share of that project assuming An approved mot Grant um so we're watching for those mot grants to um open we're hoping that
they'll open maybe sometime in like the March April time frame um they are very competitive and I will say that fuel tanks don't necessarily score the highest on those um but we we will be watching and putting in an application uh then the next project is
The papy Replacements um following a Mot inspection last summer they did recommend um that we do some work to the concrete bases of the papies um so we actually are going to be putting in a grant because those also were installed in the 1990s and are due for replacement
so we're putting in a grant to replace the four papies as well as their concrete ba uh bases so we're working on that now and and Jeff has been coordinating with the FAA on that as well and then lastly we did submit a grant applica uh application to get a
new um plow truck um and we did get approved for that so that is within our city CIP budget for the full cost being the cities so this is a really great benefit of some of these mot grants because they help supplement those costs so we're working with mindat now on getting that Grant agreement for that
new truck I believe that truck is um 1994 so it's uh been cobbled together for a very long time and uh the folks at Public Works have actually been crafting things to replace because we can't even get replacement parts so this will be a
very welcomed new addition to the airport um so that's all I have for project updates and then just a heads up at the next meeting we'll look at that long-term Capital Improvement planbody uh have any other questions on or anything on the updates and
projects questions moving on then the 2025 fly in so in discussion with Morehead and King Aviation staff um they are still supportive of using um the large
Morehead Aviation hanger for a flying um this year is actually the city's 150th anniversary or SSA Centennial as well as the airport's 30th Anniversary so it's a great year to do one um what we'd like to talk a little bit about today is um
if there you know past Flyin we've had a sort of a pseudo committee um that kind of helps pull it all together um so that you don't have uh one or two people trying to organize everything uh the more people we can get then PE multiple
people can maybe be responsible for one or two things and it's been really helpful um so what we're looking for today is if anyone would be interested in volunteering to to help organize the flying that would be um in September during greater more head
days and we don't have to decide it today um but if anyone is interested um you can just hit me up email phone call um anything that works Heather I when I read this in the agenda was really excited about the
opportunity not only the timing but to um highlight some of the great things that we have in Morhead at our airport although I do not want to organize it I know that I would love to help and since I'm the new kid on the Block um I don't want to overstep and so if there are
others who just don't want to do it alone um I'd like to throw my name in there as a helper so keep pondering and send Christie information if you're interested but Christy you can put me down as a helper thank you yeah I think
I'm in the um the same boat like I I think it's a great idea I think it would be awesome and I'd love to help out I don't know if I'd have I'm just looking at the things we're looking for and I don't know if I have the bandwidth currently to take on a major major role but um yeah if we want to meet later to see if there's things that we can come
together on and help out with like I you can put me down for that as well I guess I'll put my name in the Hat also so not as a major person but 3/3 can make a whole right sounds
pretty good I did have one follow-up question as a newbie on the Block um the EAA do we currently have a local chapter of EAA that's active yes there is marvelous thank you I'm excited to
hear about that group being active in Morehead thank you I belong to the EA or I'm in the EAA but um I'm not in their chapter but there is one locally that I think isn't that right Jake as far as I know yeah
yeah okay well and anybody else he might run across that might want to help and volunteer and stuff like I got too it doesn't have to be just us this is a this is a city effort so to
speak and there's uh all kinds of neat history and things around and stuff we can uh show and get and be kind of nice to do something uh with history involved and all that
stuff I think that we don't have to find it on our phones the other things for the uh fly I see a flyer picture of a couple Flyers here we uh have to start thinking about that
here along the way too or is that that's be part of the whole package I guess but yeah we have someone at the city who is really really great at doing marketing so um the main thing that we'll work on first um primarily with the um FBO and
Management Group will'll be um kind of coordinating what items we're going to have um you know in the past we've had everything from car show Sanford helicopter um Skydive Fargo the model airplane demos um but there might be new
ideas since there hasn't been a fly in for a number of years so we'll start kind of brainstorming what it might look like and then um you know keep coordinating with the group on um things that they could either help with or even the day of the flying it's really great to have people just there to help set up
chairs and tables and take down at the end so we'll keep everyone posted is is there anybody here or that has uh planned one of these before that already might have contacts with some of the organizations that you're looking at bringing in so Bruce EML was the former
airport Committee Member um him and his wife Phyllis planned many of the Flyin that um I was around for um so I don't necessarily have the contacts for everyone but I do have for some of them okay yes I have more experience standing
there with my mouth open looking at everything but so uh I can maybe explain some of these aircraft accidents they're talking about nowadays too but that that doesn't make you don't want to talk about that at an air show
so yeah one thing that might come up and I heard about it last time after the last one I see you have vintage car show and they were talking about whether they could park on the ramp or not and it'd be like nice to have that all taken care of before they come because that they're
going to ask you I know it because before they're parked away from the ramp they weren't too excited about that just the heads up I don't remember it was is the ramp we got more ramp than we had the last show we had there right no it's the same
size is it okay uh is there is there a budget for this or is this are we asking people to volunteer their time and like if I'm looking at like food vendors or is there a budget to pay these people or is it like uh we're asking for volunteers we typically ask for volunteers and people
are usually willing to do that um if not we could just get price quotes and kind of see where we're at within our budget okay but we don't have a separate budget for the Flyin all right any more discussion or thoughts
I like to hear all I can else for the fly in right now okay next up is election of officers so we're looking for a motion and second for both a chair and vice chair for 2025 don't all fight for
it to those who are currently serving in the roles do they have any interest in continuing as chair or vice chair no I would I'll stay on as Vice chair I'd like to move to appoint uh Wayne as
chair and Jared as Vice chair for 2025 please have a motion is there a second I'll second that motion okay well then I guess we vote any discussion on that before we vote thank you for your service quite welcome I like to look as
many fun things as I can so this is happens to be one of them if not we'll uh have a vote here and uh what signify by saying I or you want to do a raise a hand things and account or I
works okay all all those in favor of that motion signify by saying I I I opposed same sign motion carried thank you very much all well that
uh ends the business items on the on the uh agenda we have a uh report from Morehead Aviation and King AV ation and I know Ryan isn't here um but I'll just note on the fuel report that 2024 was another great year for fuel
sales um and that just goes to show the activity that's happening out at the airport um Jake anything that you want to add really everything is going pretty well out there every time I go out everyone's
busy so it's a good sign very very busy can I just ask a general question um who who are the main customers for the Morhead airport like who is who's buying all the fuel is it private private Pilots with their private license is it yeah mostly private Pilots there are a few corporate
jets that come and go uh but okay yeah this may be out of order but um I know we're looking at replacing the fuel pumps because of their age as well as their um frequent use um and you had mentioned uh chrisy a um comprehens not
a a capital Improvement plan and I'm curious if um there is so much use that we are looking at expanding things perhaps adding a hanger or something else and so I don't want to jump the jump the horse and sort of take off down
the path before we're there yet but um I am curious to hear if um use and activity are so high that we are going to be potentially looking at expansion it's a good question um we do have a very high use and a waiting list
for hanger space um and within the last year here we did complete um an expansion of a taxi way um so we do have some space available for private hangers um we've had some interest um but the
construction cost for those um has been high that I've been hearing um so uh we're hoping that um within the next few years here we'll have some folks interested in those spaces as well excellent thank
you any other questions or comments chrisy you have anything else you wanted to talk about well I'd like to pass on a uh thank you very much for that young lady over there with the blue shirt and all the work she does and helps
us she takes care of us when we're all doing other things so I uh I can't thank Christy enough for her hard work and things she does so thank you well I guess if there's nothing else
can Pi a motion to adjourn I guess I'll uh I'll put the motion to adjourn in is there a second a second discussion okay those in favor signify by saying I I oppos same
sign motion carried meeting is adjourned thank you all everybody