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Home My WebLink About1999-01-14 Airport Commission SummaryKENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION JANUARY 14, 1999 Kenai City Council Chambers Tom Thibodeau, Chairman '**AGENDA*** ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL ITEM 2: ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR ITEM 3: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - December 10, 1998 ITEM 5' PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 6' OLD BUSINESS ITEM 7: NEW BUSINESS ao Approval -- Special Use Permit/Reean Pitts -- Automated Teller Machine ITEM 8: AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT ITEM 9' COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ITEM 10' PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 11' INFORMATION ITEMS ao Kenai City Council Meeting Action Agenda -- December 16 and January 6, 1999. ITEM 12' ADJOURNMENT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION JANUARY 14, 1999 - 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY HALL CHAIRMAN THOMAS THIBODEAU, PRESIDING *** MINUTES *** 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chairman Thibodeau called the meeting to order at 7'00 p.m. Members Present: Bob Favretto, Tom Thibodeau, Henry Knackstedt, James Bielefeld, Dan Van Zee, Ron Holloway, Lucy Lorenzen Members Absent: None Also Present: Assistant Airport Manager Keith Holland, Councilman Ray Measles, Contract Secretary Victoria Askin 2. ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR KNACKSTEDT MOVED TO RE-ELECT THOMAS THIBODEAU AS CHAIR OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. VAN ZEE SECONDED. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED. HOLLOWAY MOVED TO RE-ELECT HENRY KNACKSTEDT AS VICE CHAIR OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. BIELEFELD SECONDED. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA KNACKSTEDT MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. MOTION SECONDED BY HOLLOWAY. THE AGENDA WAS APPROVED AS WRITTEN. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Meeting of December 10, 1998 KNACKSTEDT MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 10~ 1998. MOTION SECONDED BY HOLLOWAY. MINUTES WERE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. 5. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD- None ® OLD BUSINESS - None 7. NEW BUSINESS Approval- Special Use Permit/Reean Pitts - Automated Teller Machine Mr. Holland directed the Commission to a letter in their packets regarding a special use permit. He noted, there have been several requests in the past for an ATM machine to be placed at the airport terminal. Reean Pitts has put together a proposal and requests a special use permit. Holland added, Helen Coon was present with some brochures and to answer questions. Coon stated she was attending as a representative of Reean Pitts and explained Pitts wants to place an ATM machine in the airport to be operated for profit. She will own, maintain and assume all responsibility and liability for the machine. For people to use it there is a $2.00 surcharge, which is standard for privately-owned ATM machines around the state. Coon stated some of the privately-owned ATM machines in the Lower 48 charge up to $4.00 surcharge. This surcharge helps owners of ATMs recover their investment, which is considerable. It will take her a long time to recover her investment in the machine because of all the different costs involved including cost to purchase, processing fees, lease fees, etc. Coon has attended the Triton Training Program and spoke highly of the company and the service they provide for their product. Coon stated she feels confident in the machine as it is the only one she has ever sold and it has been successful throughout the state. Knackstedt asked which cards it will accept. Coon answered that on the back of credit cards, there is usually the logos for Plus and Cirrus. They are the two largest networks approved by the FDIC to actually do electronic transfer. The ATM will take VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, ATM and bankcards from any FDIC insured bank throughout the nation. Favretto asked if the fee charged is posted on the machine. Coons answered that it was and was the first advisement when someone inserts their card. They can press "yes" if they want to continue with the transaction or "no" and the transaction is discontinued with no charge to them. VanZee stated with credit card transactions, there are discounts that credit card handlers charge, some are as much as 3-4%. He asked, who pays those charges? Coon answered, Pitts will pay the charges. She is charged a flat rate each month for the transactions and a contract to that effect. Airport Commission Meeting January 14, 1999 Page 2 ® VanZee asked if he goes to the ATM machine and withdraws $100, would his credit card be charged $102.007 Coon answered in the affirmative. She added, Pitts supplies an account to which she has her part of the money deposited. Coon added, handling of the cash that goes into the machine is her responsibility. She will either hire a company who provides that service or she will do it herself. Favretto asked, from a customer standpoint, what would happen if the machine malfunctioned, i.e. someone thinks their card has been charged but no cash is dispersed? The first person they will probably go to is the rental car counters to find out where they can get their $100.00. Who services these machines locally and what happens? Coon answered, the customer is advised who owns the machine right on the screen. In addition, there will be an "In Case of Emergency" sign stating who to call. The airport manager will be given Coon's number, Triton's number, and Pitts' number so one of them can be contacted. Both she and Pitts carry cell phones. Triton has a ten or twelve-hour service also. The machine can't swallow their card because when they insert the card, it doesn't read it until it is withdrawn from the machine. By FDIC regulation, a tremendous paper trail is on the machine. There is a play-by-play transaction record and that record can be accessed directly from the machine by Pitts from a processing office in San Diego, California and Cirrus in Dallas, Texas. Holland stated this is very similar and was drafted after the Special Use Permit used for the phone card machine that is currently in the airport. All the mechanics will basically be the same and they have had very good luck with that system. HOLLOWAY MOVED TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ATM MACHINE AT THE KENAI AIRPORT. VAN ZEE SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED. AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT Assistant Airport Manager Holland reported he is standing in for Atha, who is in Anchorage for an Alaska Aviation Coordination Council meeting. It is a council of statewide aviators and managers presenting forum to work out some problems within the aviation industry. The enplanement report was distributed before the meeting. Holland stated the unofficial numbers at this point are down from last year a little bit. The conclusion from some analysis is this is due to the pullout Airport Commission Meeting January 14, 1999 Page 3 of the other airlines, availability of seats, and the costs of those seats. There are no real fare wars going on between here and Anchorage like was seen when Yute and MarkAir were in Kenai. VanZee asked Holland what the 1998 records show as part of an average or a trend for the last five years. Holland answered that last year was up a little bit from the year before. He thought about 111,000 last year. The year before was the year after MarkAir pulled out and the enplanements were down. The year MarkAir was still in Kenai, the number was 130,000. He added, he felt there was going to be a little dropoff from that 130,000 but it shouldn't be very much off that. ® COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS / QUESTIONS Commissioner Holloway asked Holland when the "giant moose roundup" was going to take place. Holland answered hopefully soon. All the gates are working right now and if they continue to work for the next few days they will probably have a big roundup. He stated moose are being chased off the runway almost every day, two and three at a time. It's tough on the moose and they're moving around a lot looking for browse. If they can find an open gate, they go in. Commissioner Lorenzen asked the gunshots she heard had to do with removing moose. Holland answered, he used cracker shells. Holloway asked if moose were going over the top of the fence. Holland answered he has seen one go over the fence behind the fuel service where some snow had been plowed up and there are areas where they can jump over from snow drifts. 9. INFORMATION Kenai City Council Meeting Action Agendas - December 16, 1998 and January 6, 1999. 10. ADJOURNMENT HOLLAND MOVED TO ADJOURN. MOTION SECONDED BY KNACKSTEDT. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:18 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ~ictoria Askin Contract Secretary Airport Commission Meeting January 14, 1999 Page 4