Minutes
Jamestown Regional Airport Authority
Board Meeting of December 16th, 2015
Call to Order:
The JRAA meeting of December 16, 2015 was called to order by Chairman Jim Boyd, followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call:
Present: Jim Boyd, Keith Veil, Brent Harris, Katie Andersen, Craig Neys and Leo Ryan.
Absent: Trent Sletto and Jeff Wilhelm
Staff: Samuel Seafeldt, Kimberlee Mickelson
Guests: Steve Aldinger
Hearings from the Audience:
No discussion.
Notification of Conflict of Interest:
No discussion.
Review and approve November 18, 2015 meeting minutes:
Mrs. Andersen made a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Veil second. No further discussion. All
in favor signify by saying aye. Motion carried.
Chairman’s Comments:
Mr. Boyd mentioned that we had a successful Business After Hours event at the airport on December
8th. He agreed with Mr. Seafeldt’s letter of commendation to First Class Aviation thanking him for his
successful and productive year at the Jamestown Regional Airport. He also proposed to have a strategic
planning session for 2016 that would be held at the normal board meeting in January.
Project Report, Steve Aldinger:
The FAA would like to see signed copies of engineering agreements by mid January 2016. Projects
include Wetland Reduction – Construction Phase, West Taxilane Reconstruction and Wildlife Hazard
Assessment. Mr. Veil requested a copy of those engineering agreements prior to the next meeting.
Financial information for November 2015
Review and approve indebtedness report/accounts payable:
Mr. Neys made a motion to approve the indebtedness report and accounts payable. Mr. Veil
second. No further discussion. Roll call: Mr. Harris – yes, Mr. Boyd – yes, Mrs. Andersen – yes, Mr.
Neys – yes, Mr. Veil – yes. Motion carried.
Accounts receivable:
No discussion.
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Financial statements:
Mrs. Andersen moved to approve the financial statements. Mr. Harris second. No further
discussion. Roll call: Mrs. Andersen – yes, Mr. Boyd – yes, Mr. Harris – yes, Mr. Neys – yes, Mr. Veil –
yes. Motion carried.
2016 Budget
Mr. Seafeldt presented some recent changes to the budget and variances between 2015 and 2016. He
also provided explanation for questions about the budget line items. Some corrections to be made
included fixing typos and changing salary line items to reflect airport manager’s salary on a different
line. Mrs. Andersen moved to approve the 2016 budget with corrections discussed. Mr. Veil
second. No further discussion. Roll call: Mr. Neys – yes, Mr. Boyd – yes, Mr. Veil – yes, Mrs. Andersen
– yes, Mr. Harris – yes. Motion carried.
Committee Reports:
Political – Mayor Andersen:
No discussion.
Financial – Mayor Andersen & Mr. Wilhelm:
Mr. Seafeldt stated that he cashed out the airport’s two CDs at First Community Credit Union in the
amount of $128,035.22 and deposited those funds into the airport’s general checking account. Other
options will be investigated that will provide a better return.
Operations – Mr. Veil & Mr. Sletto:
Mr. Veil stated that he and Mr. Seafeldt have had much better communication regarding airport
equipment and operations. He also said that he recently had a meeting with Mr. Seafeldt regarding the
equipment budget for 2016 and that everything listed seemed reasonable.
HR – Mr. Boyd, Mr. Wilhelm & Mr. Harris:
The HR committee recommended that the 2016 budget reflect separate line items for airport manager
salary and other employees’ salaries. In recent years, employees at the airport have been receiving 4.5%
across the board annually. Moving forward, the HR committee recommended that the budget reflect a
5% raise for the airport manager and 3.5% raise for the other employees. Mr. Seafeldt stated that Mrs.
Mickelson is completing her 7th year at the Jamestown Regional Airport. Mr. Seafeldt completed an
appraisal of Mrs. Mickelson’s performance which was above average and recommended a 4.5% raise.
Mr. Harris moved to raise Mrs. Mickelson’s wage by 3.5%. Mrs. Andersen second. No further
discussion. Roll call: Mr. Veil – yes, Mr. Boyd – yes, Mr. Neys – yes, Mrs. Andersen – yes, Mr. Harris –
yes. Motion carried. Mr. Seafeldt also provided justification on behalf of Mr. Hatch, Mr. Maulding, and
Mrs. Mickelson as to why they are warranted an end of the year Christmas bonus. Mrs. Andersen made
a motion to award a $200 net bonus to all employees. Mr. Veil second. No further discussion. Roll
call: Mr. Harris – yes, Mr. Boyd - yes Mr. Veil - yes, Mr. Neys - yes, Mrs. Andersen - yes. Motion
carried.
Strategic Planning
Commercial air service:
Mr. Harris updated the board on some recent updates with our commercial air service committee goals.
Mr. Seafeldt had discussions with Jamestown Communications to install a cell booster in the passenger
terminal. The higher performance equipment came in at a rough estimate of $1,500 including
installation. The lower cost option was around $1,300. The committee recommendation was to choose
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the better equipment. Mr. Veil made a motion to move forward with Jamestown Communications
to install a cell phone booster in the passenger terminal. Mr. Neys second. No further discussion.
Roll call: Mr. Boyd – yes, Mr. Veil – yes, Mr. Neys – yes, Mrs. Andersen – yes, Mr. Harris – yes.
Motion carried.
General Aviation:
Mr. Veil mentioned that he had stopped in to talk with the FBO owner and things are going great.
Economic development:
Mrs. Andersen mentioned that the committee is still waiting for the airport layout plan to be approved
including the large area on the western side of the airport to be approved for non-aeronautical use.
SkyWest Airlines:
Passenger boardings for November were 763.
Manager’s report:
Broom truck bristles will be ordered and paid for in January.
Other Business
Leases:
Mr. Ryan stated that there are still some lease related issues to clean up that Mr. Seafeldt and Mr. Ryan
will need to meet and discuss.
Meeting was adjourned: Next meeting set for January 20th, 2015 at 6:00pm, in the JRA board
room.
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