HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-01-25 Airport Committee MinutesAIRPORT COMMITTEE MEETING
AIRPORT MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1995 - 4 PM
Present: James Tyler, Chair/City Councilor
William Cohen, Member/City Councilor
Don Soucy, Member/city councilor
Bob Ziegelaar, Airport Director
The meeting was
opened at 4 PM by Chairman Tyler. Agenda items
were taken up in published sequence.
1. Bangor Hydro Land Offer.
The Airport Director explained that he had negotiated an
offer by the Bangor Hydra Electric Company to sell to the Airport
a parcel of 36 acres (plus or minus) at a price of $500 per acre.
This is approximately one half of a parcel the airport had previ-
ously been interested in purchasing from its previous owners
(Hughes family). The parcel directly adjoins existing airport
property and would further 'extend the land area controlled by the
airport. Bangor Hydro would sell the parcel at the same price it
paid at the time of purchase. It would do so
in
view of the
airport's earlier cooperation/accommodation ofBangor Hydra's
request for an easement to facilitate its new power line to the
northwest of theairport's runway. Both Councilor Cohen and
Tyler excused themselves from the discussion. Councilor Soucy
supported the transaction and urged the Airport Director to
obtain city Council approval.
2. Advertising Contract.
The Airport Director next briefed the Committee about plans
to pursue a contract with an airport advertising specialty firm
to manage all of the airport's in-terminaladvertising, such as
display booths and dioramas. He further stated that this would
present an opportunity to increase airport revenues and improve
the overall appearance of the displays. such a firm would have
to guarantee .the financial results, at c ent level or higher,
and would be able to attract national accounts. The Committee
(Minutes continued)
unanimously voted in favor of the effort to solicit RFPs.
Industrial Development Funds.
The Airport Director proposed a house -keeping measure to
rescind a Council Order passed in 1985 which established a small
funding source for future economic development activities. This
Order was superseded in April of 1994 by a more extensive appro-
priation which set aside $250,D00 from airport revenues for the
same purposeAs a consequence, the 1985 Order was no longer
operative. The Committee voted unanimously to advance the matter
to the Consent Agenda of the next City Council Meeting.
4. Business Update.
As part of the Business Update, the Airport Director briefed
the Committee about current business/traffic levels and certain
employee issues. Mr. Ziegelaar explained that he inadvertently
witted from the previous Committee Meeting Minutes, the Commit-
tee's approval for an expenditure, of up to $10,000, for consult-
ing services in the area of Human Resources in order to improve
the performance and working relationships in certain segmenta of
the airport's work force. He further reported that approximately
$3,500 had been spent to date and that he was pleased with the
early results.
The Committee voted to adjourn at 5 PM