Observations...
Cancel your subscription to The Entertainment Channel. There is a new show in town, with new cast, and coming soon, new show times. We're talking about the Grove Airport Trust Authority Board meetings, which are always entertaining.
At Monday's meeting, two new board members, Dave Helms and Bob Brogden were sworn in, via signature rather than an oral oath of office per the other city trust authorities.
The cast now includes Helms, Brogden, Bryant Chestnut, David Adzigian and Harry Halterman. Having no chairman or vice chairman due to the term limitation and resignation of Gary Tripensee and Max Schuermann, they elected Chestnut as temporary chairman, approved minutes of previous meetings, and heard from Larry Hestand regarding the lack of a sewer line to the four hangers on the east side, at the north end.
Item #2 on the agenda, proposed revisions and or restatement of Resolution No. 1 dated March 2, 1983, was first tabled after Brogden raised objections to some of the wording.
Copies of the Resolution were not made available to the public or media in attendance via a packet, as per the other city trust authorities, so we have no idea what they were talking about. But it seemed to be about changing the meeting times from 1 to 4 p.m. to allow for more public attendance, and electing officers in September rather than November. Brodgen said he felt these and other issues needed a legal stamp of approval.
But since the group failed to approve Item #2, they could not elect new officers for the board, in Item #4, or designate who is to sign the bank signature cards, in item #5.
So they "untabled" Item #2 long enough to approve Items #4 and 5, electing Chestnut as Chairman, Adzigian Vice Chairman, and Brogden as Secretary-Treasurer, with all three owning rights to sign checks. (Actually, Brogden was first nominated as vice chairman by Helms, but this didn't fly. Pardon the pun.)
The group then re-authorized the signing of the Land Deeds for property titles transferred to the city several months ago, noting the delay was due to attorneys.
Item #8 brought out that the ceiling tiles in the main hangar needed replacing, damaged in a wind storm a couple of months ago. Adzigian pointed out that this should have been covered under the airport's insurance policy, but no one had called the insurance company after the damage was incurred. We can hear the phone call now:
"Hello, insurance company, we've had a wind storm out here at the airport and it plumb blew the ceiling tiles out of the main hangar. We forgot to close the hangar door."
"When did this occur?"
"Oh, about two months ago."
"Sorry, you are supposed to file claims in a timely manner and you are out of luck. And next time close the door."
Item #11 was talk about airport future plans and goals, an item which has been discussed at three previous meetings. This time, the board agreed that airport security was the main need, with new fencing and gates on the south end, mainly to keep out teenage punks and vandals. The airport will have $187,000 in Federal money to spend on the first portion of fencing and will complete it in several stages as money is allocated. Previous "want lists" have included remodeling the airport office and extension of the runway to handle big jets. (Grove's runway is longer than the R.L. Jones Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma's busiest). The board agreed to have the airport manager speak to the airport engineer about security issues and request he come to the next meeting.
Brogden and Helms agreed to take on the project of reviewing the Airport Policies and Procedures Manual.
Item #12, a cost of living increase for the airport manager, Terry Abercrombie, easily passed 5-0 ($696.66 for '06'07.) The board made budget adjustments elsewhere to cover the salary increase. Following this item, the entire audience in attendance left the meeting, save for one media person.
Abercrombie reported that the broken fence on the south end had been repaired with new gates installed; several lights had been replaced; the rotating beacon was not working due to no power; and the taxiway drop off is a half inch more than allowed. Mowing was needed due to rain and deer's and coyotes have been seen on the property.
Adzigian reported that he had done a fuel analysis for July and August compared with the same period last year and total fuel sales were up $1256, mainly due to jet fuel sales being 3,000 gallons ahead of last year. Sales of 100LL were off by 900 gallons from last year, he said.
It was pointed out that the Agenda wording on approval of the purchase order register and check register was not in compliance with the Opens Meeting Act, since the word "Approval" was omitted.
The meeting adjourned without any harsh words being uttered, a departure from some previous meetings. Next showtime is the second Monday of the month. Script to be announced.
At Monday's meeting, two new board members, Dave Helms and Bob Brogden were sworn in, via signature rather than an oral oath of office per the other city trust authorities.
The cast now includes Helms, Brogden, Bryant Chestnut, David Adzigian and Harry Halterman. Having no chairman or vice chairman due to the term limitation and resignation of Gary Tripensee and Max Schuermann, they elected Chestnut as temporary chairman, approved minutes of previous meetings, and heard from Larry Hestand regarding the lack of a sewer line to the four hangers on the east side, at the north end.
Item #2 on the agenda, proposed revisions and or restatement of Resolution No. 1 dated March 2, 1983, was first tabled after Brogden raised objections to some of the wording.
Copies of the Resolution were not made available to the public or media in attendance via a packet, as per the other city trust authorities, so we have no idea what they were talking about. But it seemed to be about changing the meeting times from 1 to 4 p.m. to allow for more public attendance, and electing officers in September rather than November. Brodgen said he felt these and other issues needed a legal stamp of approval.
But since the group failed to approve Item #2, they could not elect new officers for the board, in Item #4, or designate who is to sign the bank signature cards, in item #5.
So they "untabled" Item #2 long enough to approve Items #4 and 5, electing Chestnut as Chairman, Adzigian Vice Chairman, and Brogden as Secretary-Treasurer, with all three owning rights to sign checks. (Actually, Brogden was first nominated as vice chairman by Helms, but this didn't fly. Pardon the pun.)
The group then re-authorized the signing of the Land Deeds for property titles transferred to the city several months ago, noting the delay was due to attorneys.
Item #8 brought out that the ceiling tiles in the main hangar needed replacing, damaged in a wind storm a couple of months ago. Adzigian pointed out that this should have been covered under the airport's insurance policy, but no one had called the insurance company after the damage was incurred. We can hear the phone call now:
"Hello, insurance company, we've had a wind storm out here at the airport and it plumb blew the ceiling tiles out of the main hangar. We forgot to close the hangar door."
"When did this occur?"
"Oh, about two months ago."
"Sorry, you are supposed to file claims in a timely manner and you are out of luck. And next time close the door."
Item #11 was talk about airport future plans and goals, an item which has been discussed at three previous meetings. This time, the board agreed that airport security was the main need, with new fencing and gates on the south end, mainly to keep out teenage punks and vandals. The airport will have $187,000 in Federal money to spend on the first portion of fencing and will complete it in several stages as money is allocated. Previous "want lists" have included remodeling the airport office and extension of the runway to handle big jets. (Grove's runway is longer than the R.L. Jones Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma's busiest). The board agreed to have the airport manager speak to the airport engineer about security issues and request he come to the next meeting.
Brogden and Helms agreed to take on the project of reviewing the Airport Policies and Procedures Manual.
Item #12, a cost of living increase for the airport manager, Terry Abercrombie, easily passed 5-0 ($696.66 for '06'07.) The board made budget adjustments elsewhere to cover the salary increase. Following this item, the entire audience in attendance left the meeting, save for one media person.
Abercrombie reported that the broken fence on the south end had been repaired with new gates installed; several lights had been replaced; the rotating beacon was not working due to no power; and the taxiway drop off is a half inch more than allowed. Mowing was needed due to rain and deer's and coyotes have been seen on the property.
Adzigian reported that he had done a fuel analysis for July and August compared with the same period last year and total fuel sales were up $1256, mainly due to jet fuel sales being 3,000 gallons ahead of last year. Sales of 100LL were off by 900 gallons from last year, he said.
It was pointed out that the Agenda wording on approval of the purchase order register and check register was not in compliance with the Opens Meeting Act, since the word "Approval" was omitted.
The meeting adjourned without any harsh words being uttered, a departure from some previous meetings. Next showtime is the second Monday of the month. Script to be announced.
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