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[CALL TO ORDER]

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>> I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT.

THE STAFF APPRECIATES IT. AND ACTUALLY, JAMES, I DON'T THINK -- YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST TIME, WERE YOU?

>> NO. >> SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

[MINUTES]

>> THANK YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT MET OR KNOW JAMES -- -- CATT ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 13

MEETING. >> SO MOVED.

>> I HAVE A MOTION. TO HAVE A SECOND?

[3. Airport Management Reports:]

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT. >> I CAN'T SEE WHAT YOUR MICS ARE, MAKE SURE WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING IT'S GREEN.

YOU PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE FRONT.HEN YOU GET DONE SPEAKING AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PICKED UP, YOU CAN HIT PUSH AGAIN AND IT TURNS RED. THAT TURNS YOUR MICROPHONE ON.

JUST A REMINDER OF OUR NEW ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE TO GET USED

TO. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

ALL RIGHT (LAUGHING). >> OKAY.

AGAIN, I PROMISE YOU A SHORTER MEETING THAN WE HAD LAST MONTH.

WE DON'T HAVE NEAR AS MUCH STUFF TO COVER THIS TIME, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO GO OVER.

SO LOOKING AT THE EMPLOYMENTS. WE ARE DOWN -- OKAY, IT SHOWS 24 PERCENT. BUT IF YOU BACK OUT THE 1604 SKYWEST, WE ARE AT A PERCENT DOWN, WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES. I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER JULY THAN WHAT WE DID. IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE DOING IT, BUT WHEN IT ALL CAME TO THE END, WE DID NOT SURPASS OR EVEN EQUAL JULY OF LAST YEAR. FOR (INDISCERNIBLE) PASSENGERS.

SOME DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. REALLY THOUGHT, AGAIN, WE WERE ON TRACK TO MEET IT OR COME REAL CLOSE.

ANYWAY. >> IS THAT NATIONWIDE?

PRETTY MUCH? >> I HAVE NOT HEARD NATIONWIDE PERFORMANCE. WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING NATIONWIDE ALL THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON WHAT THE AVERAGES ARE.

FOURTH OF JULY WAS PRETTY STRONG.

YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT THE AIRLINES HAVE BEEN HAVING IN AMERICA IS ONE OF THOSE WITH CAPACITY AND HAVING SHORTAGES OF PILOTS AND ALL THAT. THAT DOES TRICKLE DOWN TO US.

THAT HAS AN IMPACT. THAT HAS AN IMPACT NOT ONLY ON THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TICKETS AND HAVE HAD FLIGHTS CANCELED THROUGHOUT JULY, BUT IT PROBABLY HAS AN IMPACT ON PEOPLEBOOKING . I'M IN A WAIT TILL THINGS STRAIGHTENED OUT BEFORE I DO THAT.

(INDISCERNIBLE) (INDISCERNIBLE) ALSO PLAYS A FACTOR IN THAT.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY HERE TOO.

SO FINISHING UP WITH THE STATISTICS.

ON THE PERFORMANCE OF JULY, THE PARKING LOT -- WE ARE UP -- WELL, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOWN FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.

IT SAYS JUNE. OKAY.

IT IS JULY NUMBERS, YEAH. OKAY.

SO WE ARE DOWN ABOUT SEVEN -- .37 PERCENT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY ON THE PARKING. AGAIN, THAT IS RELATED TO THE DECREASE IN PASSENGERS. AND THEN, BUT STILL UP 10.07 PERCENT IN THE YEAR, BUT THAT GOES BACK TO THE STRONG START WE HAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER. (INDISCERNIBLE) REVENUES DOWN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR -- 30 PERCENT. BUT STILL UP FOR THE YEAR, ABOUT FIVE PERCENT. ANY QUESTIONS ON EQUITY.

>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> OKAY.

THEN, ON THE PRICING REPORT. YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBER 619 AND

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519 AS CONSISTENT THEMES FOR THE (INDISCERNIBLE) THROUGH THIS. WE ALL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNCOMFORTABLE CHUCKLE OUT OF THAT WHEN (INDISCERNIBLE) CAME UP WITH THE PRICING. BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE STUCK AT RIGHT NOW. AVERAGE FARE IS STILL HIGH IN BOOKING 30 DAYS OUT, YOU DO GET A BIT OF A BREAK.

ABOUT $100 -- HUNDRED DOLLARS A BREAK BOOKING 14 DAYS OUT.

I DID SEE AN ARTICLE TODAY THAT WAS PROJECTING AIRFARES WOULD GO DOWN IN THE FALL, FOR SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO HOLD OUR BREATH ON THAT.

THERE SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT, THAT THAT IS AN ANTICIPATION THAT ONE TRAVEL BOOKING SITE IS PREDICTING.

SO THIS LEAVES US -- AND KATE AND I HAD A CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON. WE NEED TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF AMERICAN AND TALK ABOUT AIRFARES WITH THEM.

IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A YEAR NOW, BUT THE ENVIRONMENT HASN'T BEEN RIGHT.

BUT I THINK WE ARE THERE NOW. THINGS ARE STABILIZED SOMEWHAT, AND IT'S TIME TO GET IN FRONT OF THEM THIS FALL.O WE WILL WORK ON SCHEDULING -- WE WILL DAYTRIP OVER AND TALK WITH THEM. AND SEE IF -- SOMETIMES IT HELPS JUST BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION.

AND WILL SEAFARERS DROP A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S A PATTERN THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

THAT WHEN WE BRING IT UP, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY GOES AND LOOKS AT IT. BECAUSE OTHERWISE, OUR FEARS CAN JUST GET ON AN AUTOMATIC -- AUTOPILOT, BASICALLY.

AND THE COMPUTERS MAKING THOSE FARES DECISIONS AND THERE IS NO REAL PERSON LOOKING AT IT. ESPECIALLY MARKET OUR SIZE.

SO IT IS TIME TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF THEM.

WE WILL MAKE THAT EFFORT TO DO THAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR REGULATORY OR LEGISLATIVE ISSUES UPDATE. AND OUR PROJECTS -- SO I'D REALLY HOPED THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPORT TO THAT WE WERE IN THE NEW FIRE STATION ON THE AIRPORT.

AND THAT WAS THE LAST REPORT THAT YOU WOULD GET, OTHER THAN HERE IS OUR GRAND OPENING! HERE'S OUR RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.E ARE NOT THERE YET.

THERE ARE STILL SOME ISSUES. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONTRACTOR THIS PAST WEEK ON PUNCHLIST ITEMS. COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STILL HAVE NOT COME IN YET. WE ARE THIS CLOSE.

BUT -- THAT MEANS SEVERAL DAYS. IT PROBABLY MEANS THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK INTO, MAYBE, EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE ITEMS THAT I WANT DONE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MOVE IN AND START OPERATING IT. IN THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS THE CITY SIDE, HAS YET TO DO THAT.

EVERYTHING IS WIRED. BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T MOVED THE COMPUTERS OVER AND THE CRASH PHONE, WHICH IS THE DIRECT LINE FROM THE TOWER TO THE FIRE STATION.

THEY ACTIVATED IF THERE IS EMERGENCY AT THE AIRPORT.

BUT THOSE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN WE MOVE IN.

IT'S READY TO GO. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON A FEW SMALL THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT THE CONTRACTOR TO FINISH UP BEFORE WE GET INTO THERE. THERE WILL BE OTHER SMALL THINGS OF COURSE. PUNCHLIST ITEMS. THAT WILL BE RECURRING OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS AS WE FIND SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN WORKING.

WE JUST GET THE CONTRACTOR OUT TO FIX IT.

THAT'S ALL NORMAL STUFF. WERE JUST NOT QUITE THERE YET.

SO WE WILL HAVE BEEN >> WE DID GET CONFIRMATION.

WE DIDN'T GET IT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE FOUR MORE CHANCES, FOUR MORE YEARS TO APPLY FOR IT. OF COURSE, THE DEMAND WAS WAY MORE THAN WHAT THE MONIES WERE AVAILABLE FOR IT -- FOR THE

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GRANTS. BUT WE ARE TRYING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING. I WAS ON THE PHONE THIS MORNING WITH FAA TRYING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THEM TO HELP US DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARSFOR THAT GRANT. AS WELL AS A DIRECTIONAL GRANT FUNDING SOURCES (INDISCERNIBLE).

IF YOU TRY TO DO A PROJECT ON THE AIRFIELD, A RUNWAY OR TAXIWAY PROJECT , YOU COMPETE VERY WELL.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT WHEN YOU START WOKING ON TERMINAL, AND THAT FUNDING -- THE COMPETITION GETS VERY TIGH , AND THERE'S FAR FEWER DOLLARS FAA WANTS TO RELEASE FOR YOUR TERMINAL. BECAUSE IT REALLY IS, FOR THEM, IT'S ABOUT AIRFIELD CAPACITY AND SAFETY.

BUT WE WILL KEEP LOOKING AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT EXPANSION HAPPEN. WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN! THIS IS -- WE CAN SEAT 60 PEOPLES N THAT GATE AREA.

WE HAVE 76 PASSENGER AIRCRAFT COMING TO US VERY SOON.

SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT PASSENGER LOAD PLUS. THAT'S JUST (INDISCERNIBLE).

ANYWAY. IT IS A PRIORITY.

FAA UNDERSTANDS IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US, AND I THINK WE WILL HAVE THEIR SUPPORT. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A STRATEGY HOW TO SMARTLY MOVE THAT THROUGH.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE (NAME) COME UP WITH HIS FIRM CRUTCHES AND (INDISCERNIBLE) TO HELP US. THEY'VE NAVIGATED THESE WATERS BEFORE WITH GETTING FUNDING FOR SMALLER AIRPORTS.

NOT LARGER AIRPORTS, BUT SMALLER AIRPORTS.

SO WE HAVE THEM WORKING ON OUR SIDE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP US GET A LEG UP ON IT TOO. AND I WILL BE BRINGING ANOTHER -- I'LL BE BRINGING A (INDISCERNIBLE) TO AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. FOR (NAME) TO HELP US WITH THAT CAPITAL PROJECT PLANNING AND GOING OUT AND TRYING TO FIND THE DOLLARS. AIRCRAFT CHARGING STATION.

THAT IS THAT BETA AIRCRAFT. THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT. I THINK WE ARE WAITING ON THEM.

IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING HAPPENING ON THAT LATELY.

THE CIP, THAT'S OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THAT IS OUR PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT WE PROVIDE. WE KEEP CURRENT WITH FAA.

WE REVIEWED THAT LAST MONTH, SO NO SENSE GOING BACK INTO THAT.

IT HASN'T CHANGED ANY. AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK PAST THIS YEAR WITH OUR GRANTS THIS YEAR THAT Y'ALL AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, IT'S TERMINAL. TERMINAL, TERMINAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. TO BANK THAT (INDISCERNIBLE) TO HELP FUND THIS NEXT PHASE OF TERMINAL WORK.

SAYING THAT, ALSO ABOUT THE TERMINAL WORK, SO THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THAT IS UNDER DESIGN NOW, WE GOT APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S BUILDING INSPECTION OFFICE TODAY TO BID THAT OUT. THEY PASSED R PLANS REVIEW.

HOPEFULLY I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS WE COULD HAVE THAT PROJECT OUT FOR BID.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS THE LOWER LEVEL RESTROOM RENOVATION.

GOT THOSE RESTROOMS AND MODERNIZE THOSE, ADDING A NURSING MOTHER'S ROOM AND AN ASSISTED RESTROOM AS WELL.

A HANDICAPPED ASSISTED RESTROOM -- OR A FAMILY RESTROOM.

IT WILL SERVE BOTH PURPOSES. AS WELL AS PAINTING THE ENTIRE INTERIOR OF THE TERMINAL. TO BRIGHTEN IT UP AND MODERNIZE IT. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT LOOK.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT IN THE OCTOBER MEETING, WE COULD BE BRINGING AN AWARD RECOMMENDATION TO YOU FOR THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PROJECT.

SERVICE RAMP PROJECT, THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.

IT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH VARIOUS PATHS TO GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN NEXT YEAR'S SESSION.

IT WAS INTERESTING THAT AN NBC AFFILIATE IN THE DALLAS AREA DID A STORY ON THE AIR (INDISCERNIBLE) IN ABILENE THIS WEEK. IT AIRED.

IT MENTIONS VERY PROMINENTLY THAT MONEY IS BEING SOUGHT TO FUND EXPANSION -- OR, CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAMP THAT

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IS MUCH BIGGER AND WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BASE HERE.UT WE BEEN BUSY. WE HAD A FIRE RIGHT NEXT TO THE AIRPORT LAST EVENING. AND -- THERE WERE NO AIRCRAFT ACTUALLY ON THE AIRPORT, AT THAT POINT, (LAUGHING) OF COURSE. I'M NOT SURE THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OFF GIVEN THE STORM THAT WAS OVER SET THE TIME. THAT WAS FUN.

BUT -- YEAH. THAT LIGHTNING HOPPING AROUND STARTED A COUPLE OF FIRES. EVERYBODY WAS BUSY.

FUEL FARM RELOCATION, ABILENE (NAME) IS WORKING ON GETTING BIDS ON MAKING AN ABOVEGROUND TANK.

YOU MAY RECALL THEY HAVE AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY NOW. AND THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY IS SAYING THEY HAVE TO GO ABOVEGROUND.

JUST BECAUSE OF THE GROUND CONTAMINATION AND THE POTENTIAL. SO WE WILL NEED TO LEASE THEM NEW LAND VERY CLOSE TO THEIR CURRENT FOOTPRINT TO BUILD THAT FUEL (INDISCERNIBLE). THAT WILL COME BACK TO Y'ALL SOMETIME, POSSIBLY, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> OBEYING ABOVEGROUND, IS HER CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTNING?

[LAUGHTER] >> OF COURSE THERE ARE CONCERNS

ABOUT LIGHTNING! >> (LAUGHING) REALLY?

>> BUT IT WILL BE WELL GROUNDED.

THE TANKS ARE SUPERSAFE. BUT YOU HAVE, THEY ARE DOUBLE-WALLED TANKS.VEN SOMEBODY COMING BY WITH THE 12GAUGE SHOTGUN IS NOT TO BE ABLE TO PENETRATE THOSE TANKS.

>> ALL RIGHT. MR. GILLILAND, IF YOU ARE OKAY WE CAN MOVE INTO THE AIR SERVICE (INDISCERNIBLE)?>

YES, PLEASE. >> CURRENTLY WE TALKED ABOUT A MONTH AGO THAT WE ARE SEEING THIS AIRFARE SITUATION.

SO JULY'S NUMBERS SORT OF REFLECT THAT.

SO WE'RE LAUNCHING FUTURE FAIRS (INDISCERNIBLE) BUS TICKET.

A CAMPAIGN TO PUSH BASICALLY HOLIDAY RATES.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT. YOU NEED TO BE BOOKING 30 OR 40 DAYS OUT, WHICH IS OCTOBER (LAUGHING).

SO WE REALLY SORT OF JUST PUSHED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IN THAT SENSE AND PUT SOME MESSAGING OUT THAT REALLY YOUR BEST OPTION IS TO THINK FOR FUTURE FAIRS AND GET THE BEST FAIR THAT WAY. SO YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT ROLLOUT HERE IN THE NEXT 6 TO 8 WEEKS.

AND AS WE GET INTO THE HOLIDAYS, WE WILL DO SOME MORE (INDISCERNIBLE). AND THEN, OTHERWISE, JUST MAYBE VISIT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT PROJECT RADAR AND (INDISCERNIBLE). OH.

A. >> AND ALSO, AS FAR AS AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENTS, AIRLINES SHOULD START MAKING THE MOVES INTO NEW MARKETS. BUT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE CONTACTS WITH OUR AIRLINES. KATE AND I WILL BE GOING TO A CONFERENCE CALLED TAKE OFF STOP OUR CONSULTING FIRM, AIR SERVICE CONSULTING FIRM ACTUALLY HOSTS THIS ONE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT IN OCTOBER.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATES, BUT I THINK AROUND MID OCTOBER. SO WE WILL BE GOING A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THAT IS AGAIN WHAT IS COMMONLY DESCRIBED IN THE INDUSTRY IS CALLED SPEED DATING FOR AIRLINES. YOU SIT AT THE TABLE AND TALK TO THEM FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES TRYING TO MAKE A CASE.

HOPEFULLY YOU GET ENOUGH INTEREST WHERE THEY WANT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> WEARS THIS WORK GOING TO TAKE PLACE?

>> THIS WILL BE IN VEGAS. >> I KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT

EXCITING (LAUGHING)! >> OKAY, KATE!

>> IT'S THE CONVENTION CENTER IN VEGAS!

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>> I'M GONNA LEAVE IT ON THERE UNTIL (INDISCERNIBLE).

AND AGAIN, A VERY SMALL CHANCE. BUT WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE IT A SHOT ANYWAY. BETTER TO HAVE TRIED AND LOST THAN NEVER HAVE TRIED IT ALL UT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR THAT AGAIN . MAYBE WITH A LITTLE PRACTICE, WE DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO --.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THE MARKETING COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE).

>> BECAUSE RAMSAY HAS VOLUNTEERED TO CHAIR THE

COMMITTEE! >> THANK YOU (LAUGHING)!

>> CINDY VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT?

THANK YOU, CINDY! >> YOU ARE WELCOME!

>> SO THEY'LL GET STARTED ON THINGS AGAIN SOON.

[5. Discussion and Action to Increase Airport Parking Lot Rates]

>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON FOR THOSE COMMITTEES OR MANAGEMENT? ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT, RIGHT?

>> OKAY. SO LAST MONTH, WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU A COUPLE OF RATES CHANGES, FEES CHANGES.

WE ALSO, IN THE INTERIM OF THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF RAISING OUR PARKING LOT FEES.

A DOLLAR A DAY. RIGHT NOW, THERE AT NINE DOLLARS A DAY. WE ARE LOOKING TO RAISE THAT TO $10 A DAY. WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE RATES SINCE 2016. WE THINK THAT THE TIME IS RIGHT. THIS IS STAFF THINKING THE TIME IS RIGHT. THIS IS ME THINKING THE TIME IS RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, OUR COSTS HAVE GONE UP. OUR REVENUES ARE STILL DOWN BELOW PROJECTION. AND WE'VE GOT TO HELP COVER THAT DIFFERENCE. THE PARKING LOT IS A BIG REVENUE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE AIRPORT.

AND GOING TO THAT $10 -- I THINK NOW WILL BE A BETTER TIME TO DO THAT THAN EVEN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW STOP OR EVEN FURTHER THAN THAT. I HATE TO PILE ON, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE INFLATIONARY TALK AND EVERYTHING JUST GOING UP.

BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE ARE JUST NOT HAVING THE REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO HELP SUPPORT THE AIRPORT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT TO BREAKEVEN. SO I'M RECOMMENDING GOING TO $10 A DAY, WHICH ACTUALLY ENTAILS BRINGING UP OUR INCREMENTAL RATES FROM WHERE THE FIRST HALF-HOUR WE DON'T CHARGE. THE FIRST 30 MINUTES ARE FREE.

EVERYTHING FROM 31 MINUTES TO AN HOUR IS FIVE DOLLARS.

IT WOULD GO TO FIVE DOLLARS. THESE ARE ALL GOING UP A DOLLAR. 1 TO 2 HOURS IN THE LOT OF THE FIRST DAY GOES TO SIX DOLLARS. 2 TO 4 HOURS IN THE LOT GOES TO SEVEN DOLLARS. 4 TO 6 HOURS GOES TO EIGHT DOLLARS AN HOUR. AND ANYTHING OVER FROM SIX HOURS TO 24 HOURS GOES TO $10. AND ANYTIME AFTER THAT, REALLY AFTER THAT SIX HOURS, IS WHEN YOU GET CHARGED THE DAILY RATE -- THAT $10. AND EVERY DAY SUBSEQUENT TO THAT IS $10. SO THAT'S WHAT I'MRECOMMENDING . WE DID, ALEX DID, LOOKING AT THAT. AND IT'S ABOUT -- WHAT WAS IT,

86? >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> OKAY. APPROXIMATELY -- LET'S CALL IT $80,000 USING THE 2019 LEVELS, IT WOULD BE $80,000 MORE IN REVENUE. BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN 11 PERCENT INCREASE TO OUR REVENUE.

AND AT 11 PERCENT, YOU HEAR 11 PERCENT IS THE INFLATION NUMBER, RIGHT?O I THINK THAT'S IN LINE WITH THAT.

BUT -- YEAH. YEAH, BASED ON 2019 NUMBERS, IT

WOULD BE 80,000, $616.03. >> WHAT ARE YOUR AGREEMENTS

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WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE? THE NON-AIRLINE PASSENGER PEOPLE?

>> YEAH. I'M NOT TOUCHING THE EMPLOYEE RATE RIGHT NOW.JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE MOSTLY HOURLY EMPLOYEES AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TOUCH THEM AT THIS POINT. THEY ARE PAYING $12 AN HOUR.

PER PERSON. $12 A MONTH, I'M SORRY.

[LAUGHTER] >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, YEAH.

>> $12 A MONTH PER EMPLOYEE. SOME TENANTS -- SOME COMPANIES PAY THAT. WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT DOES NOT PAY IT FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET TO PARK THERE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST DON'T RECOMMEND INCREASING AT THIS POINT. WE MAY GET THERE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I'D STILL LIKE TO KEEP THAT AT THE SAME LEVEL . OH GOSH, ALEX.

EAGLE AVIATION SERVICES. NOW, EAGLE AVIATION SERVICES HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT.

WE DO NOT DIRECTLY CHARGE THEM FOR IT.

WE SEE THAT AS AN OFFSET FROM DC AWAY, FOR DC' SUPPORT OF OUR MARKETING PROGRAM. SO WE DON'T CHARGE THEM.

BUT IF DC AWAY IS LOOKING AT THEIR CONTRACT WITH US -- HIM TO PULL A NUMBER BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT $260,000 A YEAR TO SUPPORT THE MARKETING PROGRAM.

IT'S REALLY EFFECTIVELY ABOUT BECAUSE MORE THAN LIKELY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THAT COST (INDISCERNIBLE).

THAT'S BEEN THE PHILOSOPHY SINCE -- WELL, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SO WE DON'T CHARGE THEM, BUT IT'S OFFSET AGAINST THE CONTRACT.

SO WE USE THAT JUST AS A FIGUR .

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE DC AWAY, WE BELIEVE, TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THAT EMPLOYER OUT THERE.

400 EMPLOYEES. BUT I WOULD GUESS THERE ARE -- I DON'T KNOW -- OVER HUNDRED -- CERTAINLY OVER HUNDRED EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE PARKING CARS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE

PARKING LOT AS AN EMPLOYEE. >> AS AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE?

>> AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE AIRPORT AND OUR TENANTS.

OUR TERMINAL TENANTS. >> RIGHT.

BUT AREN'T THERE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE --?

>> YEAH, SO ABILENE AERO EMPLOYEES, THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW WHO PARK OVER THERE. A LOT OF THEIR OTHER EMPLOYEES TO SPARK ON ABILENE AERO PROPERTY.

AND THEN THE FEDEX EMPLOYEES ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THEY PARK AT THEIR FACILITY.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) COUPLE OF HANDFUL OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

AND PILOTS. >> (INDISCERNIBLE) THEY ARE BASED HERE IN SOME ACTUALLY LIVE HERE, SO WE GIVE THEM THAT

EMPLOYEE RATE AS WELL. >> WHAT IS MIDLANDS

(INDISCERNIBLE)? >> WE DO HAVE THAT.

ALEX, DO YOU HAVE THAT? >> 15?

>> 15. BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE 15, 12, NINE, SEVEN.

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ALEX DID A SURVEY LAST WEEK, AND WE ARE STILL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE SIMILAR FEES. SO WE HAVE NOT REALLY EXCEEDED ANYBODY.AN ANGELO DOES NOT CHARGE FOR THEIR PARKING.

THAT IS ONE OF THEIR MARKETING SHTICK'S.

BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY ON THAT.

ANYWAY, YEAH. WE ARE NOT THE HI, WE ARE NOT THE LOW. WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE ON OUR PARKING. AND TO HAVE EVERYONE OF YOUR SPACE IS COVERED AS WELL, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT.

EVEN FOR $10. >> DON, DOES -- I GUESS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT PARKING OUT THERE, AND PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO -- IF THERE'S COMPLAINTS, IT WOULD COME THROUGH YOU ALL, INTO YOUR OFFICE.

IS THAT AN ISSUE? DO WE GET MANY COMPLAINTS FROM PARKING?> WE DON'T. WE REALLY DON'T.

IN FACT, WE STILL GET COMPLIMENTS ABOUT HOW NICE IT IS AND HAVING THE COVERED PARKING.

>> OKAY. >> IT'S ONE OF THE NICEST ONES I'VE SEEN. I KNOW I FLY A LOT.

I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT OTHER AIRPORTS, YOU KNOW -- FORT WAYNE, OTHER SMALL AIRPORTS TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE THAT'S COMPARABLE TO OURS. AND ALL THE (INDISCERNIBLE) ARE COVERED. VERY RARELY DO YOU SEE THAT (INDISCERNIBLE). IT'S REALLY ECONOMICAL IN COMPARISON TO EVEN WHAT OUR INCREASED RATES ARE GOING TO

BE. >> GOOD.

>> DO YOU NEED A MOTION? >> IF WE ARE READY TO MOVE THAT

WAY, YEAH. >> IS THERE ANY FURTHER

DISCUSSION? >> JUST ONE THING I REMEMBERED THE LAST TIME WE RAISED OUR RATES? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RAISE THEM FOR THE FUTURE -- WHAT'D

YOU SAY, SIX YEARS NOW? >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> WILL THAT TAKE CARE THAT ARE DUE FOR LIKE NEXT YEAR WE WILL NEED TO RAISE IT AGAIN? I'M ALL FOR RAISING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND NOT DOING IT EVERY YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR.

I JUST REMEMBER WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION LAST TIME -- CROSS TALK] 11 PERCENT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, A

DOLLAR DOES NOT. >> RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS AS FAR AS COSTS GO, BUT I WOULD SAY THIS SHOULD SECURE US FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) VERY GOOD. >> GOOD

I WILL ACCEPT THE MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCREASE THE RATE FROM NINE DOLLARS TO $10 PER DAY WITH THE

INCREMENT (INDISCERNIBLE). >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

[6. Discussion and Action to Amend Terminal Use Fee Increase Dates from July Meeting. Amended Dates to be: $100.00 per Turn as of 10/1/22, $150 per turn as of 10/1/23 and $200 per turn as of 10/1/24.]

>> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.

OKAY, THANK YOU. >> OKAY, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS -- Y'ALL ACTUALLY VOTED ON THIS LAST MONTH.

GOING BACK TO THE MINUTES, I MISSPOKE.

SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT AND HAVE YOU VOTE ON THIS AGAIN.

HOPEFULLY, YOU WON'T CHANGE YOUR MIND! ON THE TERMINAL USE FEE. THE TERMINAL USE FEE IS WHAT WE CHARGE OUR CHARTER AIRLINES WHEN THEY COME IN.

WHEN THEY LAND AND TAKE ON PASSENGERS, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BEING CHARGED $50. AND THEN, WHEN THEY COME BACK AND DEPLANE PASSENGERS AND DO ANOTHER TURN, WHAT'S CALLED A TURN, ANOTHER $50. WE VOTED LAST MONTH TO INCREASE THATTO $100 . HOWEVER, I WANTED TO BE -- I DID NOT MAKE IT CLEAR BECAUSE I WAS THINKING FY23 AND I THINK I SAID 2023. BUT IT WOULD START OCTOBER 1 OF 2022. AND THAT IS FY23 FOR US.SO I MISSPOKE. AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

THAT ON OCTOBER 1, 2022, IT GOES TO $100 PER TURN.

ON OCTOBER 1 OF 2023, IT GOES TO $150 PER TURN.

AND THEN, ON OCTOBER 1 OF 2024 IT GOES TO $200 PER TURN.

>> (AWAY FROM MICROPHONE). >> THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT

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WE ARE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

THERE ARE SOME AIRPORTS THAT DON'T CHARGE REALLY ANYTHING.

THEN YOU'VE GOT OTHER AIRPORTS THAT DO.

SO WE ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

>> AND YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE RAISING IT THIS MUCH OVER JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS WILL DETER ANYBODY FROM --?

>> OH, NO. THEY ARE SEEING HIGHER TURN

FEES AND MANY OTHER AIRPORTS. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS PER YEAR AMENDED INSTRUCTIONS.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION?LL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.

OKAY. WE COVERED YOU, DON!

[LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT! WE DO WANT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A

PLACE FOR IT. >> GO IN THAT ROOM AGAIN?

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) TO SEE IF THAT IS AVAILABLE.

SOMEONE IS THERE THAT'S HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED BE OUT AT 4:00. STANLEY SAID TO TALK REAL SLOW! BUT WE DO HAVE UPDATES FOR THESE TWO THAT WE WANT TO MAKE

SURE YOU'RE IN THE KNOW OF. >> THE PARKING LOT INCREASE IS

IN OCTOBER (INDISCERNIBLE)? >> YES.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

>> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT SOME JOKES IN THE AGENDA

FOR NEXT TIME! >> OH, I HAVE TO READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> OKAY. PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY MAY CONDUCT A CLOSE MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE (INDISCERNIBLE) REAL PROPERTY. AT THIS TIME, 4:11, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.087.

>> OKAY, IT'S 4:3 TO WE'VE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO

ADJOURN. >> SO

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.