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Votes at a glance: Townsend Airport Board elects officers, amends CIP, raises hangar lease rate
Summary
At the meeting the board elected Adam McDonald as chair and Bob Hollister as vice chair, approved a CIP amendment (detailed in another item), raised hangar lease by the CPI to 12.3¢ per square foot, and reapproved bylaws. Motions were passed by voice vote.
Townsend Airport Board members used voice votes to approve several housekeeping and policy actions, elect officers and amend the capital plan.
Key outcomes
- Officers elected: The board elected Adam McDonald as chair and Bob Hollister as vice chair by voice vote. Nomination and voice-vote procedures were followed; roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
- Capital Improvement Plan amendment: The board approved an amendment to the CIP that moves snow-removal equipment and a storage building to 2026, schedules wildlife/terminal-area fencing for 2027, shifts an AWOS 3-PT weather station to 2028, leaves pavement maintenance in 2030, moves land acquisition to 2031, and removes the fuel-system replacement line from the FAA-funded CIP (see related construction/CIP article for details).
- Hangar lease increase: The board voted to raise hangar lease rates by the Consumer Price Index (West region, 12‑month percent change). The increase moved the base lease rate from $0.12 per square foot to $0.123 per square foot (12.3¢/sq ft). Staff will send updated lease notices to hangar tenants in July as part of standard billing procedures.
- Bylaws: The board reapproved the airport bylaws for another year with no substantive changes.
Procedure and next steps
All actions were approved by voice vote and recorded as motions and seconds in the minutes. Where weekly or monthly billing or notifications are required (rent/lease changes), staff committed to mail notices and update files so that billing reflects the new rate at the next regular billing cycle.
Votes provenance (excerpted)
- Chairman election (nomination and voice vote): nomination and vote recorded in discussion beginning about 00:01:35 of the transcript; voice vote yielded “aye” and the chair was declared elected.
- Vice chair election (nomination and voice vote): nomination and voice vote recorded beginning about 00:03:19 of the transcript; voice vote approved appointment.
- CIP amendment motion and voice vote: motion made and seconded beginning about 00:56:23; voice vote approved the amendment.
- Lease CPI increase: motion to raise lease by 2.6% (12¢ to 12.3¢ per sq ft) and subsequent voice vote recorded beginning about 01:18:28 of the transcript.
Ending
Minutes will be updated to reflect the voice-vote outcomes; staff will mail the lease-notice change in July and will file the amended CIP and forward it to funding partners as required.
