HomeMy WebLinkAbout07261983MINUTES OF MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD ~ JULY 26, 1983
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH AT 4:00 P.M.
PRESENT: CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH, FRANK DE JOIA, KENNETH MEGUIN, MICHAEL KENNEY,
EX-OFFICIO MEMBER JOHN VAN ANTWERP; ALSO, JOSEPH LANCASTER, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
ABSENT: ROBERT THOMAS, DEBORAH PALMER, RENE VAN DE VOORDE, JOSEPH BARBOLINE
MR. LANCASTER PRESENTED A TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE AIRPORT FOR 1983~84. IT
WAS DISCUSSED AS FOLLOWS:
UNDER REVENUE, RENT, $16,675., INCLUDES $10,000. FROM GOLF COURSE. CHAIRMAN
PALUCH ASKED IF THAT FIGURE WAS IN THE GOLF COURSE BUDGET. MR. LANCASTER WILL
CHECK. UNDER EXPENDITURES, CHAIRMAN PALUCH SUGGESTED $1000. SHOULD BE ADDED
FOR LEGAL FEES. UNDER ELECTRIC, $120. SHOULD BE RAISED TO $600. IN ANTICI-
PATION OF THE INSTALLATION OF A VASI SYSTEM. THE FOLLOWING EXPENDITURES WERE
ADDED: $1500. REPAIRS, PRINTING AND BINDING $85., OFFICE SUPPLIES $50.,
TRAVEL $800., MOWING $5000., WEED KILLER $1000. - TOTAL EXPENDITURES $12,660.
ANTICIPATED REVENUE $20t045. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE CAPITAL
EXPENSES FOR VASI. CHAIRMAN PALUCH POINTED OUT WE HAVE A CASH BALANCE OF
$31r000. SO THAT NEXT YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT THE AVAILABILITY OF $50,000. IN
CASH. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION REGARDING CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND IT WAS AGREED
THAT THIS ITEM WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE MATCHING
FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
MOTION BY MR. KENNEY, SECONDED BY MR. DE JOIA, TO TYPE UP THE CURRENT TENTATIVE
BUDGET TO USE AS A WORK SHEET UNTIL TIME TO SUBMIT A FINAL BUDGET. CARRIED.
MOTION BY MR. KENNEY, SECONDED BY MR. DE JOIA, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF JUNE 28, 1983. CARRIED.
AT THE REQUEST OF MR. DE JOIA, MR. VAN ANTWERP EXPLAINED THAT THE VASI SYSTEM
IS A NOISE ABATEMENT AND SAFETY FEATURE, VISIBLE BOTH DAY AND NIGHT. THE EAST
RUNWAYS, 3-1 AND 2-2, DO NOT PRESENT TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM SINCE THEY ARE
ALREADY NEAR EXISTING POWER WHICH SUPPLIES THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. ALSO CLOSE TO
THE GOLF COURSE TRANSFORMER WHICH RUNS THE PUMP STATION AND PERHAPS SOME SORT
OF ARRANGEMENT COULD BE MADE. THE WEST SIDE RUNWAYS PRESENT A DIFFERENT PRO-
BLEM AND POWER LINES AND A METER WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED. FLORIDA POWER
AND LIGHT CAN PUT IN AN ELECTRICAL FEED AND UNDERGROUND LINES AT A COST OF
$5~50. EACH. AS AN ALTERNATIVEr THEY WILL SET UP A TRANSFORMER ON A POLE AT
NO COST. THE CITY CAN THEN SET UP A METER NEARBY AND HAVE AN ELECTRICIAN RUN
UNDERGROUND FEED TO THE RUNWAYS. THERE IS ALREADY SUFFICIENT POWER TO RUN THE
OPERATION THERE AND IF YOU WANT TO BRING UP TO A HIGHER INTENSITY, JUST INSTALL
BRIGHTER BULBS. VASI CAN'T BE TIED INTO THIS. IF VASI IS INSTALLED ON ALL 4
RUNWAYS, IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $40,000. MR. VAN ANTWERP WAS OF THE OPINION
THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH FAR MORE TO PUT VASI ON THE END OF THE LIT RUNWAY RATHER
THAN ON THE UNLIT ONES.
MR. VAN ANTWERP REPORTED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO COMPLETE HOMES ABOUT REPAIRS
TO THE ACCESS .ROAD. THEY HAVE MADE SOME REPAIRS AND HAVE PROMISED TO DO MORE.
THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE EXPENDITURE OF $6000. FOR RUNWAY PAINTING AND
STRIPING. WHEN MR. VAN ANTWERP ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
SCHEDULE US, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE HIRE A CONTRACTOR IN THE AREA WHO WOULD
PROBABLY DO FOR A BETTER PRICE. MR. VAN ANTWERP CALLED THEM - FLORIDA STRIPERS,
MELBOURNE. THEY HAVE RECENTLY DONE ST. LUCIE COUNTY. THEY WOULD NOT GIVE A
PRICE, BUT SAID THEY COULD PROBABLY DO FOR $3.-4000. THEY ARE GOING TO SEND
SOMEBODY TO CHECK AND GIVE US A QUOTE. MR. VAN ANTWERP SAID THIS PRESENTS
A SERIOUS PROBLEM SINCE THEY HAVE NO STATE CONTRACT AND THAT MEANS WE WOULD
HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID. THE CONTRACTOR SUGGESTED THAT WE CONTRACT HIM TO DO
VARIOUS PARTS TO GET AROUND THE BIDDING PROBLEM. MR. VAN ANTWERP DID NOT
THINK THIS WAS A GOOD POLICY. CHAIRMAN PALUCH STATED THAT HE HAD REQUESTED
MR. VAN ANTWERP TO SEE IF HE COULD GET A FIRM PRICE, WHICH HE HAS NOT YET
BEEN ABLE TO DO. IF THE JOB WAS REASONABLY BELOW THE $6500. WHICH DOT WAS
GOING TO CHARGE, CHAIRMAN PALUCH SUGGESTED GOING TO BID, BUT JUST TO SAVE
$4 .-500., HE FELT HE WOULD RATHER PAY DOT. ALSO, HE VERY DEFINITELY WAS NOT
IN FAVOR OF PIECE-MEALING THE JOB. THE WHOLE THING WOULD BE BID.
MOTION BY MR. MEGUIN TO ACCEPT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DOING THE
STRIPING FOR $6500. MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION THAT IF AT LEAST $3000. COULD BE SAVED, WE
SHOULD GO TO BID. MR. VAN ANTWERP WAS REQUESTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE
CONTRACTOR TO SEE WHAT HE OFFERED AND ALSO THE QUALITY OF HIS WORK AND MATERIAL.
REGARDING THE GOLF COURSE LEASE, MR. VAN ANTWERP STATED HE HAD FOUND A ROUGH
COPY OF THE PROPOSED LEASE WHICH HAD BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY
FOR REVIEW. HE IS NOW ON VACATION SO MR. VAN ANTWERP DOES NOT KNOW THE
CURRENT STATUS.
MOTION BY MR. MEGUIN, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1983. CARRIED.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:02 P.M.
MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD
JULY 2~, 1983
AGENDA
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF JUNE 28, 1983
OLD BUSINESS:
AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT
NEW BUSINESS:
FINANCIAL REPORT
ADJOURN