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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_AIRAB_06.20.2011Notice of Meeting of the Airport Advisory Board City of Georgetown, Texas Monday, June 20, 2011 The Airport Advisory Board will meet on Monday, June 20, 2011 at 07:00 PM in the Georgetown Fire Station No. 4, located at 4200 Airport Road, Georgetown, Texas. If you need accommodations for a disability, please notify the city in advance. Airport Advisory Members: Dennis Morgan, Gary Hamilton, George Brown, Howard B. Landry, L.E. Williams, Milton Ritter, Patrick McCaslin Airport Advisory Board meets every third Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.unless otherwise specified. Call to Order at 07:00 PM REGULAR SESSION 1. Call to Order. 2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of May 16, 2011 meeting. 3. Public wishing to address the Board a. Keith Peshak regarding the NDB 4. Airport Manager’s Reports: a. May 2011 Monthly Income and Expense Reports b. Report on Council Actions related to Airport Advisory Board recommendations 5. Consideration and possible action to approve the new Airport Advisory Board By-Laws. 6. Consideration and possible action for setting Agenda Items for the July 18, 2011, meeting. 7. Adjourn. Certificate of Posting I, Jessica Brettle, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 113 E. 8th Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the _____ day of _________________, 2011, at __________, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. __________________________________ Jessica Brettle, City Secretary Minutes of the Meeting of the Airport Advisory Board City of Georgetown, Texas Monday, June 20, 2011 The Airport Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Monday , June 20, 2011. Members Present: Gary Hamilton, George Brown, Howard B. Landry, L.E. Williams, Patrick McCaslin Members Absent: Dennis Morgan, Milton Ritter Staff Present: Travis McLain Minutes Regular Meeting 1. Call to order. Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. George Brown: Before we proceed with tonight’s meeting, I’d like to welcome Sarah Hinton, the new Airport Manager to the City of Georgetown, the aviation community of the Georgetown Airport, and to her first meeting of the Airport Advisory Board. Welcome. (The Board members welcomed Sarah Hinton) George Brown: To also welcome Sarah Hinton, the Chair recognizes Mr. Paul Smith who is the former member and chairman of this board, as well as board member emeritus of the Texas Aviation Association. Mr. Smith, you have the floor for three minutes. Paul Smith: (former Airport Advisory Board Chairman) Thank you Mr. Chairman. I would like on behalf of the Texas Aviation Association to welcome Sarah Hinton to the Georgetown Municipal Airport. 2. Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of Ma y 16, 2011, meeting. George Brown: The first item on tonight’s agenda is the consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of May 16, 2011. Are there any comments or amendments to those minutes? Keith Peshak: (Citizen) There are. I spoke at the meeting and I noticed that after reading those minutes, that they are incorrect. George Brown: Mr. Peshak, may I interrupt you just a minute and what is the number of that please? Keith Peshak: (Citizen) 12.32.440C George Brown: (Repeated) 12.32.440C. I am stating that for the record for the tape recorder so when the minutes are recorded. Keith Peshak: (Citizen) I talked about that last time. George Brown: I can loan you a copy of my minutes. Obviously we have some kind of disconnect here. I believe the Board Liaison is the person who types the minutes based on the microphone here. I would like to ask that we recall the tape to see what was presented at that time and what was intelligible and then reconstruct as accurately as possible. I will request the Board Liaison via this tape to recall the tape from the last meeting to see if comments Mr. Peshak has raised here are intelligible and discernable. Mr. Peshak, I would like to ask you if you would not mind presenting an agenda item to the Board Liaison concerning section 12.32.440C for inclusion on the next meeting. Thank you. George Brown: Do we have a motion to disapprove the minutes of the last meeting pending any verification or correction that might be necessary? Patrick McCaslin: So moved. L.E. Williams: I second the motion. Motion approved 5-0. George Brown: The minutes of the meeting of May 16, 2011 are not approved pending resolution or conflicts of misunderstanding from the tape. 3. Public wishing to address the Board A. Keith Peshak regarding the NDB George Brown: The next item on tonight’s agenda is a member of the public, Mr. Keith Peshak, who wishes to address the Board regarding the NDB. Members of the Board have a copy of Mr. Peshak’s request regarding the topic he wishe s to present tonight. The Chair recognizes you Mr. Peshak to make your presentation; you have three minutes. Keith Peshak: George, I will make this quick. The Board needs to consider monitoring the safety to keep the NDB George Brown: Thank you for your time Mr. Peshak. We’ll take this under consideration. This is unfortunately a matter that is beyond the Board’s capabilities, but we do appreciate your presenting this to us tonight. 4. Airport Manager’s Report: A. May 2011 Monthly Income and Expense Reports George Brown: Travis, I do believe you are filling us in on this. Travis McLain: There were really no changes out of the ordinary. (See reports) B. Report on Council Actions None. 5. Consideration and possible action to approve the revised Airport Advisory Board Bylaws. George Brown: These Bylaws were revised in May of this year (2011). Members of the Board have received a copy of the Bylaws for their review. Are there any comments or amendments to these revised bylaws that you have reviewed? Bridget Chapman: (Assistant City Attorney) I am Bridget Chapman and I am Assistant City Attorney and this is my item. George Brown: Please feel free (to speak). Bridget Chapman: (Assistant City Attorney) There really are no changes to the Bylaws. The reason that we did this project was because there were some problems with other Bylaws. The City Manager had asked we changed the formats to which have not been done in a while. I wanted to point out that the purpose of the Airport Advisory Board, policies, officers and really for your records of reference to the policies of the Airport Advisory Board Bylaws as well as procedures for your meetings. You all know about attendance and Council wanted to make sure the i nformation is consistent. There will also be quarterly reports to City Council. Patrick McCaslin: Motion to approve the revised Airport Advisory Board Bylaws. L.E. Williams: I second the motion. Motion approved 5-0. 6. Consideration and possible action for setting Agenda Items for the July 18, 2011, meeting. George Brown: The next meeting of the Airport Advisory Board is scheduled for July 18, 2011 at the Airport Terminal Building (500 Terminal Drive). Please note the change and location, which is necessary because the present location will no longer be available to the Board for this meeting. If any member of the Board or Citizen attendee wishes to place an item on the agenda for the next meeting, please contact the staff liaison to the Board, BettyJo Patterson, at the Airport Terminal no later than one week prior to the next board meeting. Her office is in the Terminal Building at the airport and she is listed on the City of Georgetown’s website and phone number of (512) 930 -3637. 7. Adjourn. Buz Landry: I make the motion that we adjourn. Patrick McCaslin: I second the motion. Motion approved 5-0. Adjourned: 7:21 P.M.