HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirMinutes_2023_01_19Brookings Regional Airport Board
Brookings, SD 57006
January 19, 2023
The Brookings Airport Board was called to order by Brian VanLiere on Thursday,
January 19, 2023 at 3:30 PM in Conference Room #241, Second Floor. Members
present were Brady Klocker, Judy McLaughlin, Lynn Riedesel, Ory Smidt and
VanLiere. Also present were Airport Manager Lucas Dahl, Public Works Director
John Thompson, City Engineer Charlie Richter, FBO Paul Hanusa and Devin
Bastemeyer from SDSU.
Item #1 - Roll Call
Item #2 - (Klocker/Riedesel) Motion to approve the agenda. All present voted
aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3 - Election of Chairperson and Vice -chairperson for 2023 -
(VanLiere/Riedesel) Motion to elect Klocker as Chairperson for 2023.
(Riedesel/Smidt) Motion to elect VanLiere as Vice -chairperson for 2023. All
present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #4 - (Riedesel/McLaughlin) Motion to approve the December 5, 2022
minutes. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #5 - Discussion on Lease Agreement - Commercial vs. Private Rates.
Thompson had recently reviewed the hangar leases and found that some may
be commercial leases rather than private. Clarification was made on a few of
the leases such as Medary Aviation which is owned by the Foundation. The
Foundation is a non-profit company so members feel that Medary Aviation is
private. Additionally, SDSU is considered private. Dakota Wing is owned by
Sheldon Thompson so this lease is private. Steve Pofahl owns two hangars with
one having a business operated out of it so this hangar should be commercial.
And Madison Aircraft which is Chris Funk and this is a private hangar, however
he has been renting this out so this may need to be classified as a commercial
use. This lease will need to be looked at when the renewal comes in December
of 2024. Thompson is going to talk with the City Attorney about how to
clarify/word these.
Item #6 - Discussion on Airport Rules & Regulations.
A redline document of the Rules and Regulations was provided to the board
members. Riedesel questioned why "Regional" was removed from the Airport
name. Thompson explained that his plan is not to remove this from the name so
if it happened in this document, he will fix this and be sure that Regional is in the
name.
VanLiere asked if removing "The Brookings Airport Board" from many of these
sections is changing the meaning of this document? Thompson stated no. The
Airport Board is an advisory board that makes recommendations to the City
Council. Council will then make the decision. The plan is still to have all
changes brought to the Airport Board and then to the City Council.
VanLiere inquired about the changes in the insurance requirements. The curreni
Rules and Regulations have many different sections with different insurance
requirements. Thompson suggests that this document be changed to condense
the number of uses down to fewer categories.
Thompson inquired with the City's Risk Insurance Agency regarding requirements
for insurance. The agent stated that insurance should be required, with the City
listed as an additional insured, and most policies are going to have a hangar
endorsement. Staff has reached out to other airports to see what they have for
requirements. The Spearfish Airport has a good example of how to word/require
insurance. Thompson will plan to redline this into the Rules and Regulations for
review at the next meeting. McLaughlin and VanLiere explained that it is hard
to obtain insurance for a hangar on leased property. If they have insurance
coverage on their aircraft, the hangar insurance can be an endorsement. But
some people don't have an airplane.
Staff will redline the Rules and Regulations and will send out to the board
members for review prior to the next meeting. Staff will prepare a memo to
send to current hangar owners inquiring about their compliance with the current
insurance requirements.
Item #7 - Airport Manager's Report
Dahl stated that they have offered the Maintenance Technician position to an
applicant. Snow removal operations have been going well and the equipment
is holding up well. NOTAM manager was down but is now back up. FAA
communicated with airports consistently to keep them updated with the status
of the problem. The windsock needs to be replaced and replacements have
been ordered.
Item #8 - SDSU Report - Bastemeyer stated that the weather has caused some
issues with flying but students are getting their hours in now. The new hangar is
working great.
Item #9 - FBO Report - Hanusa reported that there are two new planes on the
field. Fuel sales are good.
Item #10 - Other Items & Reports - None.
Item #11- Next Scheduled Meeting - February 16, 2023.
Item #12 - Adjournment
ar,�a Schwdrtz, Sec etary Brady Klocker, President