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City of Bangor Airport Committee
Virtual Meeting
June 7, 2021
Meeting Minutes
The following City Councilors attended: Airport Committee Chair Clare Davitt, Councilors Sarah
Dubay, Susan Hawes and Jonathan Sprague. Also in attendance were City Manager Cathy Conlow,
Airport Director Tony Caruso and Marketing and Business Development Manager Aimee Thibodeau.
Agenda and Discussion:
1. Airport Business Solutions (ABS) – presentation on Airport performance audit report
Airport Director Tony Caruso introduced Michael Hodges from ABS who reported on the recent
Airport performance audit which was primarily focused on the FBO division and related services. Mr.
Hodges spoke very highly of the training and professionalism of our FBO staff. The focus was on
what the Airport can do better; not what the Airport is doing wrong. ABS provided some
recommendations on how our processes, facilities, customer service and structure could be improved.
2. Bangor Savings Bank – presentation on Airport’s reserve account
Director Caruso introduced Eric Rutherford and Mike Del Tergo for an update on the Airport’s reserve
account portfolio performance.
3. Council Resolve – accept and appropriate PFC funds for passenger boarding bridge replacement
program
Airport Director Caruso asked for Committee approval of a Resolve to accept and appropriate
$4,477,652 in Passenger Facility Charges (PFC) to provide funding for the replacement of (3)
passenger boarding bridges (PBB's). The FAA has approved the City’s application for collections to
provide funding for this project. This project consists of planning, data collection, design, inspection,
testing, project management, all labor, materials, equipment, services and incidentals in connection
with furnishing and installing passenger boarding bridges at Gates 4, 5, and 6. The total project cost is
estimated at $5,449,075 which includes applying the carry-over of unused PFC's from previous
projects of $971,423.
Motion made, seconded and approved.
4 Council Orders – agreements with Transportation Network Carriers (TNC’s)
These Orders authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with Raiser, LLC., d/b/a UBER and
Lyft Inc, d/b/a LYFT.
UBER and LYFT have each requested permission to continue to provide passenger transport service to
and from the airport. The agreements detail the terms by which these ground transportation providers
will offer service at the airport, and will be in final form as approved by City Legal. If approved by the
Committee and City Council, the terms for this agreements shall include the following:
1) A term of 1 year.
2) Tracking of the number of trips, and a $1 fee paid to the Airport for each trip.
3) Prohibitions on certain driver behaviors.
4) Insurance and indemnification requirements.
Motion made, seconded and approved.
5. Airport Advertising/Marketing Update and Statistics
April passenger numbers are moving in the right direction with an 11,000 passenger increase over
March’s count. A year ago, our April numbers were down 95% from April, 2019. With additional air
service being offered at BGR and the number of vaccinated people on the rise, we expect to end the
fiscal year with improved passenger numbers.
Total Operations for the month are double what they were in 2020. Fuel sales are down 8.6% for the
month. There is a significant increase in DOD operations but a decrease in fuel sales. This is not
unusual as it depends on what type/size of aircraft come through and what they require for services.
Meeting Adjourned