HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-08-07 Enterprise Operations Committee MinutesENTERPRISE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Enterprise Operations Committee was held
on Monday, August 7, 1989 at 4:30 PM at the City Council Chambers.
Present were:
Arthur Tilley, Chairman
William England
Jane Seal
William Shubert
Mary Sullivan
Don Buffington
Ed Barrett
Ken Gibb
John Frawley
Eric Stumpfel
Peter D'ELrlcc
John Murphy
Absent:
Tom Sawyer _
Item %1 - Telford Aviation Lease - Final Draft. The Airport Manager
briefed the Committee on the final draft of the Telford Aviation
lease which is ready for approval by the Committee. He informed
the Committee that the roof on the east wing of Hangar 115, where
Telford Aviation would be located, is in need o£ roof repair and
the estimated cost of this repair is approximately $13,000. Telford
has agreed to incur this expense providing that the rental can be
adjusted in order that they may recover their expense within the
first 2 years of their five-year lease. The Committee unanimously
approved this lease and it will be placed on the Council Agenda
at its next meeting for approval by the full City Council.
Item k2 - Transferring Temporary Dispatcher to Permanent Status.
The Airport Manager explained to the Committee that he is requesting
approval to increase our Dispatch Section from 5 permanent employees
to 6 permanent employees:He Informed the Committee that this section
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was previously staffed by six dispatchers until approximately 6
years ago. The Dispatch Section operates 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week and with the traffic and workload we are experiencing, the
6th dispatcher would reduce the cost of overtime pay, sick leave
and vacation time. The Committee unanimously approved the addition
of a full-time dispatcher.
Item 43 - Butler Nosedocks. The Airport Manager informed the
Committee that Ed McKeon had worked on this project and recommended
that these nosedocks be demolished es .the cost to rehabilitate these
hangars was not economically feasible. He explained that these
hangars are being used for airport storage and that General Electric
Company was using one of these hangars for storage and paying rent
to the Airport Department. After some discussion, it was the
Committee's recommendation that this matter be tabled until the
Chadbourne Associates' report on land use is completed. The
Committee further authorized Mr. D'Errico to discuss GE's storage
requirements in one of these nosedocks.
Item k4 - Status of Underground Fuel Tank Situation. The Airport
Manager and the Assistant City Solicitor reviewed with the Committee
the status of the DEP's requirements for the removal of underground
tanks from airport property. They also advised the Committee that
Exxon, the airport's fuel supplier, plans to redsign the fuel
storage and distribution system to eliminate approximately 17 tanks
that handle aviation, fuel. The Committee was also briefed on what
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the State of Maine's Environmental Protection agency will require
and the alternatives that are being considered to meet these
requirements. The Assistant City Solicitor is in communication
with representatives of the DEP and keeps them current on our
progress at the airport.
Item k 5 Secondary Treatment Plant Design. John Murphy of the
Engineering Department and John Frawley, City Engineer, reported
that the facilities ;plan for secondary treatment was submitted to
DEP on August 1st, as required by tfle Consent Decree. It was their
recommendation that the city proceed to solicit proposals for the
conventional design of the plant, rather than accepting the proposal
received from IDI. The IDI proposal did not offer any cost or time
advantages. Proposals would be solicited from a wide range of firms
as long as they could show evidence of having designed treatment
plants in excess of 10 MGD. The City Engineer stated that Woodward
and Curran had expressed a desire to submit a proposal for the design
of the plant and he questioned whether there might be a conflict
since W 6 C made recommendations regarding the rejection of the IDI
proposal. The Committee voted not to accept a design proposal from
W 6 C, but concurred that W 6 C would continue to serve as the city's
advisor during. the design process. Mr. Frawlye indicated that the
current sewer projects are on schedule.
Meeting adjourned at 6 PM. -