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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-06-13 Town of Nantucket NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT Macy Lane Nantucket Island, Massachusetts 02554 Office of Airport Manager Phone: (508) 325-5301 Fax: (508) 325-5306 AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING June 13, 1990 The Meeting was called to order by Chairman Charles Mayhew at 5:03 pm. Commission Members present were Alexander M. Craig, Ronald Russell, Ronald Santos*, and E. Foley Vaughan. Also in attendance were Acting Manager Jo-ann M. Norris, Director of Operations John McDonald and Commission Secretary Myrtle Eldridge. The MINUTES of May 22, 1990, were approved as presented. The WARRANT was executed for payment. Only one (1) bid was received for CUSTODIAL SERVICES for the Main Terminal and Tower Building areas. The Clean Team of Nantucket submitted a bid for $26,268. Acting Manager Norris reported that wi th utilizing in-house personnel, it would cost the Airport approximately $46,600 for the same work and period of time. She recommended the Commission accept the bid as submitted. (*Commissioner Santos arrived at 5:12 pm.) Commissioner Craig made a motion to accept the Acting Manager's recommendation. A discussion followed and the motion was amended to read "Accept the bid of the Clean Team of Nantucket, on a month-to-month basis". The motion was seconded and passed. It is duly recorded that Commissioner Craig abstained from the discussion and vote on the following Agenda item. Myles Reis spoke on behalf of AERODROME NANTUCKET, requesting an extension of their current 20-year hangar lease. He indicated the additional extension of 10-years would be used as a "tool" to sell the remaining 5-hangars and will promote interest in PHASE II of this project, which is scheduled to commence this Fall. The drainage problem, which has been compounded by the installation of the current hangars, was discussed and resulted in the Commission agreeing to pay one-half of drainage repair costs, their portion not to exceed $1500. Should PHASE II of the project start as planned, AERODROME NANTUCKET will reimburse the Airport the fees paid for drainage repair. Mr. Reis will submi t a letter to the 1 Commission indicating their intent to repair this drainage problem. With this problem resolved, Commissioner Vaughan made a motion to approve the la-year lease extension for AERODROME NANTUCKET. The motion was seconded and passed. A written request from James B. Punderson to sublet, or sell, his hangar was read by Acting Manager Norris. William McGrath was present at this meeting to request permission to obtain an assignment of the Punderson Hangar Lease, stating he was requesting this hangar for private use. A motion was M/S/P to permi t the transfer of the hangar to Mr. McGrath. David N. Fuselier, President of the current FBO service (DOVE AVIATION, INC.) presented a review of the completion of one month's service. Fuel sales were reported as increased 20%, due to an "airline truck" being dedicated to airlines, permitting immediate service, and parking/tiedown fee collections up 25% for May, 1990. Mr. Fuselier s ta ted "expense savings", to the Airport, were $84,700. Copies of documents were presented to the Commission regarding Dove's FCC application, insurance, and the adoption of "NANTUCKET AVIATION, INC." as their business name. Mr. Fuselier stated that as Dove Aviation, Inc. is the "parent" company and more financially secure, he was not requesting a change in the lease documents with the airport, at this time, but was only informing the Commission that "Nantucket Aviation Inc." is duly recorded, under the General Laws of the Commonweal th, as a corporation in legal existence. Regarding the insurance certificate, Commissioner Vaughan instructed Mr. Fuselier to insert both business names on the certificate and request that their agent submit a corrected copy to the Airport for their files. The following items were then discussed: WASTE DISPOSAL SITE-The Commission must determine the site and obtain approval from the EPA HANGAR SITE-Location is to be determined and notification to the Commission, as well as the FAA and MAC, prior to the next Commission Meeting. FUEL PRICE-Mr. Fuselier was given permission to monitor fuel prices for six weeks and make purchase recommendations to the Commission. PERFORMANCE BOND-Having difficulty in securing Bond, but either a "bond" or payment will be presented at the next meeting. 'CAR PORT' FEE-(located next to currently leased ANNEX building) This fee reduced to $7.00 per square foot on the 2 AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING, June 13, 1990, continued recommendation of Acting Manager Norris. Approval was given for a term of one (1) year on a motion by Commissioner Santos. Donald Therien, from UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, reques ted a lease extension of 5-years with two (2) additional 5-year options. Commissioner Santos made the motion for a new lease for 5-years, with annual rate increases according to the CPI-W rate for adjustment, whichever is greatest, with two (2) 5-year options. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Russell and passed. Mr. Therien was informed that UPS personnel were still violating securi ty rules and, as a result, any further infractions would result in their access gate cards being voided. A one-week moratorium was granted for this information to be passed onto the local U.P.S. drivers. Attorney Bertyl V. Johnson, Jr., representing the TAXI ASSOCIATION, requested a reduction in the amount of liability insurance required by the Airport, or, the possibility of their insurance be carried under the Town's liability insurance. commissioner Santos indicated that the amount of $250,000 was not an excessive amount of insurance for the taxis to carry. However, due to the large increase in insurance premiums for this coverage and the lack of increase in taxi fares for 1990-91, Commissioner Santos made a motion to reduce the minimum coverage to 25,000-50,000 with increases scheduled for subsequent years. This motion was seconded and passed. Acting Manager Norris reported cost per gallon for deliveries of AVFUEL were-by STEAMSHIP (freight boat),21 cents per gallon; by PIPELINE, 10 cents per gallon. There was no discussion on this matter. CORRESPONDENCE: EXPRESS AIR - Withdrew their request for the space previously leased to Tri Air. East Hampton Air's, R. J. Pereira, has requested this area. Acting Manager Norris was instructed to use her own discretion in this matter. OPERATIONS: Regarding the payment In lieu of taxes for the hangar lessees, Commissioners Craig and Santos removed themselves from the Commission table during the course of the discussion. After the discussion Commissioner Vaughan made a motion for a reanalysis of the fair market price as determined from the sale of the Boyle and Punderson hangars. The motion was M/S/P. 3 AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING, June 13, 1990, continued William Hutchinson is currently negotiating with Jerry Walker for a possible take-over of the COMPASS ROSE RESTAURANT prior to the expiration of Mr. Walker's lease. The consensus of the Commission would be that, providing arrangements could be worked out with Mr. Walker, Mr. Hutchinson could have an assignment of the Walker lease at the current contract rates until November 1, 1990, when Mr. Hutchinson's lease takes effect. Tenants in the Terminal areas have requested to participate in the promotional advertisement for the Chamber of Commerce NANTUCKET VACATION SWEEPSTAKES. A motion was M/S/P granting permission to participate only through the life of this promotion period. Acting Manager Norris reviewed the prospect of moving the portable school building closer, and connecting it to the Operations building. Permission was granted to obtain cost figures for this project. The fallowing applications have been submi tted to the Board of Selectmen for the two (2) currently open Airport Com~ission posi tions: Denis Gazaille, Fred Holdgate, Hudson Holland, Tim Howard, Joe McLaughlin, John McLaughlin and Ronald Santos. Commissioner Craig made the following recommendations for the selection of a new Airport Manager: 1. Submit all applications to an experienced person/firm for review, recommending Frank F. Hidinger of CALOCERINOS & SPINA, whose fee would be $500+expenses. Six applicants, with best professional competency to be submitted for further review. 2. Submit these six applications to a qualified party(ies) for reference and background verifications. 3. Appoint a selection committee to review the six applications, reducing the applicants to three for in-depth interviews. The selection committee should be comprised of two members of the Airport Commission, one member of the Board of Selectmen (recommended Bernard Grossman), one member from the Personnel Board, one member from the Finance Committee and one member at large (recommended Hank Kehlenbeck). 4. The selection committee would then present their recommendation to the Airport Commission for their action. 4 AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING, June 13, 1990, continued The Commission then requested Acting Manager Norris to submit an advertisement, for an Airport Manager, in both local papers. This Meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm on a motion M/S/P. Respectfully submitted, ~~ Approved as amended 6/26/90 ~! ~ J-tt;1 ~qqo J1/1- ~~~ev 5