09/08/2020

Meeting Minutes for:
September Board Meeting
Yuma International Airport, Conference Room
Tuesday, September 08, 2020 at 04:00 PM


Call to Order:
The Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc. (YCAA) Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order at 4:00PM on 09/08/2020 in the Yuma International Airport Conference Room, 2191 E. 32nd Street, Suite 218, Yuma, Arizona 85365. The Presiding officer was Bill Craft, President.

YCAA DIRECTORS PRESENT WERE:
Bill Craft, President
Dean Hager, 1st Vice President
Eric Saltzer, Treasurer (Joined the meeting at 4:02PM)
Russell Jones, Secretary
Dr. Brian Cullen, DMD, Director
Reetika Dhawan, Director
William Fox, Director (Joined the meeting at 4:17PM)
Albert Gardner, Director
Randall Nelson, Director

YCAA DIRECTORS ABSENT WERE:
Linda Morgan, 2nd Vice President
Juan Guzman, Director

ALSO PRESENT WERE:
Gladys Brown, Airport Director
Gerald Hinkle, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Andrea Lopez, Executive Assistant
Colonel Charles Dudik, USMC, Commanding Officer, MCAS Yuma
Greg McShane, MCAS Operations Officer
Tom Thompson, 1st Bank Yuma
Silvia Gunderman, 1st Bank Yuma
Ken Scott, ASN Volunteer

CALL TO THE PUBLIC
There were no Public Comments.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The President called for a motion to approve the minutes of the Board Meeting. Mr. Hager so moved. Mr. Jones seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Votes in Favor:
Mr. Craft
Mr. Hager
Mr. Jones
Mr. Gardner
Dr. Cullen
Mr. Nelson
Ms. Dhawan

Votes Opposed: None

REGULAR AGENDA

1) Monthly report by Chief Financial Officer on current financial status.

Mr. Hinkle, Chief Financial Officer introduced Silvia Gunderman, 1st Bank Yuma who will be replacing Tom Thompson when he retires at the end of the year.

The Board welcomed Silvia Gunderman, 1st Bank Yuma expressing their excitement to work with her in the near future.

Mr. Hinkle, Chief Financial Officer briefed the Board on our current financial status.

Tom Thompson, First Bank Yuma stated the Joe Foss interest rate is 5.75% and both the Pappy and line of credit interest rates are 4.25%.

MILITARY LIAISON
Mr. McShane introduced Colonel Charles Dudik, USMC, Commanding Officer, MCAS Yuma who came to Yuma from Camp Pendleton.

Colonel Charles Dudik, USMC, Commanding Officer, MCAS Yuma thanked the Board for the opportunity to be at the monthly Board Meeting and provided updates at MCAS Yuma as well as the approach to this WTI training.

2) Presentation and update regarding current construction projects, associated contracts, grant status, general aviation, marketing efforts, terminal improvements, aviation conferences, meetings and items of interest with the city and county or other federal or state agencies. This will include, but is not limited to, additional information, FAA and ADOT grant updates, an overview of projects underway, airport operations, Rolle Airfield, airline recruitment and retention efforts, general aviation, future events, and other Airport business.

Ms. Brown, Airport Director, provided a presentation on the status of airfield operations to include the runways and taxiways an overview of the YCAA Key Strategies, the current state of the Airport team and departments, airline updates along with the load capacities and schedule, TSA update which included the screening throughput numbers, upcoming elections and the advertisements, NYL Master Plan timeline with the Public Advisory Committee and Open House dates, Airport parking lot, Rent Car update, Brewers restaurant update, current airport projects, marketing and community outreach over the past month.

CALL TO THE PUBLIC
There were no Public Comments.

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board the meeting adjourned at 4:50PM.




// Approved //
Russell Jones
Secretary Yuma County Airport Authority; Strategic Planning Committee Chairman


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