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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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Approved as amended 6/26/90
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