HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirMinutes_2025_10_16Brookings Regional Airport Board
Brookings, SD 57006
October 16, 2025
The Brookings Airport Board was called to order by Brady Klocker on Thursday,
September 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM in Conference Room #241, Second Floor. Members
present were Brian VanLiere, Dan Krogstad, Isaac Wilde, Lynn Riedesel and Klocker.
Also present were Airport Manager Lucas Dahl, Airport Maintenance Technician Brett
Torgrude, Devon Bastmeyer - SDSU and FBO Joey Johnson.
Item #1 - Roll Call
Item #2 - (Riedesel/VanLiere) Motion to approve the agenda All present voted aye.
MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3a - (Wilde/Krogstad) Motion to approve the September 25, 2025 minutes. All
present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #4 - Airport Manager's Report -
• Haying operations are complete for this year. The tenants did a great job
getting to the areas they could do to the excessive precipitation this year.
Staff is mowing the areas that they can with a mower to help with the wildlife.
• A controlled burn is being planned for this Fall.
• The overflow alarms on the fuel tanks need to be looked at. Midwest
Petroleum will need to come and take a look at them.
• An upgrade to the fuel master is still being looked at. Dahl isn't receiving much
information from the vendors. He will continue to work on this.
• The Taxilane Extension Project will have a walk-through next week.
• The new gate opener for the west gate should be in any day now.
• Operations for the airport are at 39,475 currently and this is about 8,000
operations short of the 2024 totals. We should exceed the 2024 operations
easily.
• Winter Operations will be the same this year. No planned changes from prior
years. Staff would like users to communicate if they need to have snow
removed before they can get to it.
• They haven't received information on the Snow Removal Equipment from MSP.
They are waiting for dollars and availability.
Item #5 - SDSU Report - Bastmeyer figures they will have an increase in operations for
this year above last year. They are reviewing procedures with their students to go
over a few items. They will plan to have their chili cook -off again this year.
Item #6 - FBO Report - Johnson stated that they are working on a website. He asked
if anybody had any ideas of things, they would like to see on it. Klocker wondered if
there would be a way to show the SDSU practice areas somewhere and possibly a
map showing where the high-density areas are. They will also look at getting the
noise abatement areas posted.
Item #7 - Other Items & Reports -
Item #8 - Next Scheduled Meeting - Thursday, November 20, 2025
Item #9 - Adjourn
Lana Schw z, Seetary
Brady Klocker, President