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Prairie Airport Minutes
Special Board of Director's Meeting
Prairie du Sac Town Hall
7:00 PM
“Get Well Wishes go out to Bob Cushing.”
Present: Board Members: Kirk Olson, Bart Olson, Ed Miller, Doyle Curtis, Ron Lins and Dean Gilding. Not present, Roger Thistle and Bob Cushing.
Others in Attendance: Art Kazmierczak, Jim Kazmierczak, Dennis Kirch and Milt Schott.
President Kirk Olson called the meeting to order at 7:06
Motion made by Ed Miller to accept the agenda, which was modified to add the approval of December 5, 2002 minutes and new treasurer’s report. Seconded by Doyle Curtis. Approved.
Motion made by Ed Miller to approve the December 5, 2002 minutes. Seconded by Doyle Curtis. Approved.
Motion made by Ed Miller to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Seconded by Ron Lins. Approved.
Secretary-Treasurer Resignation: Bart Olson referred the board to his letter of February 12, 2003 sent to the airport board members, in which he stated he would be offering his resignation as secretary-treasurer at the February 26, 2003 meeting and outlining the reasons for this action. For the past two years Olson has been trying to give 40 acres around the airport to a local government so they could take over ownership and receive $1.3 million from the federal and state governments for improvements but nobody seems to be interested. Therefore due to various problems with the airport operation Olson intends to ask the Town to terminate the lease. If the lease is terminated Olson will allow the airport to continue until the property is sold or another use is initiated. He offered his support to the new secretary treasurer.
President Olson inquired if anyone was interested in the secretary treasurer position and Jim Kazmierczak volunteered.
Motion was made by Ed Miller to nominate Jim Kazmierczak to the board. Seconded by Dean Gilding. Approved.
Motion was made by Doyle Curtis to nominate Jim Kazmierczak as new Secretary-Treasurer. Seconded by Ed Miller. Approved. Congratulations Jim!
New Liaison with Attorney Petri: Kirk Olson read the January 6, 2003 letter of response from Attorney Petri after which the board discussed if they should have Petri try to arrange a meeting between the boards or if this avenue had been tried too many times already in which case they may be wasting their money. Doyle Curtis expressed his desire to retain the attorney and have him try to arrange this meeting; some of the others present seemed to be in agreement. Kirk Olson made a motion that he contact Attorney Petri and tell him to take no further action representing the board and to reimburse the remainder of the retainer $3,605.65. Seconded by Dean Gilding. Approved. Opposed: Doyle Curtis.
Dog Park Issue Report & Discussion: The board rehashed the zoning laws; past, present and proposed. They talked about the future of the airport and how the community doesn’t seem to support it. Ron Lins, also an ET and Town of PDS board member talked about how some of the decisions had been made on zoning and how the town might feel that the value of the airport is more specific to the village. Bart Olson reminded him that the town is collecting the property taxes from the hangars and the landowner estimated around $11,000 a year. The entire area may be re-zoned Rural Airport Related in the future.
Young Eagles: Doyle Curtis asked permission to put up a tent and a transit parking area so that 5 airplanes and 5 pilots can hold a community event on Saturday, June 21 (rain date Sunday, June 22). Doyle felt that involving young people from the community in aviation and interest in the SP Airport could also have a positive effect towards the airport on their parents. Motion made by Ed Miller to allow the event. Seconded by Dean Gilding. Approved.
Tie Down Area – Maintenance Planes Crossing Runway: President Olson expressed concern that there was unclear policy on who was allowed to cross the runway and who wasn’t. The Town of PDS has an ordinance against vehicles crossing the runway although it was noted that under certain circumstances like plowing, mowing and maintenance it is necessary to do so. It was the opinion of the in attendees that those having a special need to cross the runway are also those who are extremely aware of the danger and take the precautions necessary to avoid an accident.
Tie-down fees are $3/day or $30/month. President Olson said there needed to be a clear policy on who would be billing these fees, the board or Al Checky. There is a box in which overnight tie-downs can put money and this is checked periodically. Item was tabled for more discussion.
Annual Report: The annual report was presented to the board.
Other Business: Dean Gilding questioned if anyone had been contacted regarding crack filling. Bart Olson said he had the vendor information but had not yet contacted anyone; this information will be given to Jim Kazmierczak.
Motion to adjourn by Dean Gilding. Seconded by Ed Miller. Adjourned.
Bart Olson, Sec.-Trea.
Next Regular Meeting April 16, 2003