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City of Bangor Airport Committee
Virtual Meeting
January 4, 2021
Meeting Minutes
The following City Councilors attended: Airport Committee Chair Clare Davitt, Council Chair Dan
Tremble, Councilors Rick Fournier, Susan Hawes and Jonathan Sprague. Also in attendance were City
Manager Cathy Conlow, Assistant City Manager Rich Cromwell, Airport Director Tony Caruso and
Marketing & Business Development Manager Aimee Thibodeau.
Agenda and Discussion:
1. Airport Performance/Operations Audit RFQ
Airport Director Tony Caruso asked for Committee approval for an Order authorizing the City
Manager to execute an agreement with Airport Business Solutions (ABS) to provide Performance and
Operations Audit Services at Bangor International Airport. The City received only one response to this
RFQ. However, ABS has over 30 years of aviation consulting and hands-on experience, including a
unique combination of airport and FBO management experience. They have performed similar audits
at airports of various sizes, as well as diverse FBO’s. References were also very positive.
Motion made, seconded and approved by unanimous roll call vote. The Order will be presented to the
City Council for final approval.
2. Order – Authorization to apply for annual Airport Improvement Plan (AIP) projects
Airport Director Caruso asked for Committee approval for an Order authorizing applications for FY
2021 AIP Entitlement Grants not to exceed $2,500,000 from the FAA and $75,500 from the MDOT
for approved projects at Bangor International Airport (BGR). If approved, these grants are anticipated
to be utilized for the following projects at the airport that are included in BGR’s FAA approved 5-year
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP):
Airport Master Plan
Runway ASR relief and repairs
Taxiway A and M repairs
Motion made, seconded and approved by unanimous roll call vote. The Order will be presented to the
City Council for final approval.
3. Resolve to accept and appropriate annual AIP entitlement funds
Airport Director Caruso presented a Resolve accepting and appropriating FY 2021 AIP Entitlement
Grants not to exceed $2,500,000 from the FAA and $75,500 from the MDOT for approved projects at
BGR. Funds will be used as listed in the previous agenda item.
Motion made, seconded and approved by unanimous roll call vote. The Resolve will be presented to
the City Council for final approval.
4. Resolve to appropriate carry over AIP funds
Airport Director Caruso presented a Resolve appropriating unused FY 2020 AIP Entitlement Grant
Funding in the amount of $282,259 for future projects at BGR. These funds can be used for projects
listed in agenda item 2.
Motion made, seconded and approved by unanimous roll call vote. The Resolve will be presented to
the City Council for final approval.
5. Airport Advertising and Marketing
a. Airport Statistics – November, 2020
Marketing Director Thibodeau reported that our November passenger numbers continued to be
down about 60 % year over year, still consistent with national trends. We saw some slight
increase around Thanksgiving. Other than that, people heeded the recommendations to stay
home. Our Total Operations were down 24%; military operations remained strong. FY YTD
fuel sales were only down 8%
b. Social Media Update
Marketing Director Thibodeau shared our 2020 Social Media results. Twitter followers/likes
were down because we posted less during the final months of the year. The platform is more
focused on opinions and ‘news’. With Covid, there wasn’t much newsworthy for us to share on
the platform
Our top three Facebook posts this year were the posts about our ‘live’ Monty, Cargo the Cat
(who will be featured during Hallmark Channel’s Kitty Bowl) and the Antonov Cargo plane.
We’ve been posting 1-2 photos a week on Instagram. Our next focus will be to increase our
LinkedIn followers and postings. This platform is a great way to reach people that we can’t see
in person at trade shows, etc.
Meeting Adjourned