Posted: April 10, 2025 | Updated: April 24, 2025
AGENDA
NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLIC MEETING
Body: Cresco Airport Commission
Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 5:15 pm
Place: Cresco Airport
To: Airport Commission Members
City Clerk
Cresco Public Works Director
Howard County Board of Supervisors
Cresco Chamber of Commerce
Cresco Flyers
Hangar Tenants
All Interested Persons
Roll Call: Clair Pecinovsky, Ross Merritt, Bryan Schmitt, Gerald Ferrie, Rick Sovereign
Agenda
Old Business:
- Approval of Meeting Agenda
- Approval of Minutes from Prior Meetings
- Approval of Financial Report and Expenses
New Business:
- Update on Runway Federal Aviation Administration Inspection
- Upkeep of Grass Strip
- Update on Tractor-Mower Shed
- Electrical Short on Runway Lights
- Clearing North Fence Line
- Hangar Availability
- Discuss Tree Removal in Culvert Area
- Update on Topsoil Pile from City Project
- Open discussion
Next meeting date
Motion to: Adjourn
Posted April 8, 2025
MINUTES
| CRESCO AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING … 4/9/25 |
| Rick called meeting to order at 5:15 pm Roll Call… Present… Clair Pecinovsky, Rick Sovereign, Ross Merritt, Bryan Schmitt Absent… Jerry Ferrie Visitors… non |
| Old Business: |
| After little discussion of previous minutes & present agenda Rick called motion to apprOVe. Ist… Bryan, 2nd… Ross. -all approved After much discussion of financials & expenses, Rick called motion to approve. Ist… Bryan, 2nd… Clair….- all approved New Business: 1. Clair said he had not heard back yet of FAA runway inspection of last February but Mike Marr (lowa D.O.T. aviation) said the was happy to hear of report of no damage or frost heaving this past winter. 2. It was decided to keep the west grass strip mowed. 3. Clair mentioned he had poles and steel… because many are busy already doing construction it may take a while before he can get help to put the tractor/mower shed built. 4. Clair brought up an electrical problem with runway lights… decided to have electrician check into it. 5. Discussion followed concerning the north fence between airport and gas station property. The consensus was to keep it, as it was a good dividing line between the properties. 6. Still getting inquiries of hanger space availability. Because of the need, several years ago our Airport Layout Plan…A.L.P… was updated with hanger locations… Contract bids were put together yet one never materialized. Much discussion followed. It was the consensus to try again for state grant for one in the the location west of Lynn Johnson’s hanger. 7. Clair was notified last summer by state aviation authority that the trees and brush in the area of the culvert exiting under the runway needed to be cut down because of the height and being too close to the runway. So he cut them down and was wondering what to do with them. Since the problem was mitigated, just leaving them lay and rot or maybe later burned was acceptable. 8. No word yet on when the remaining top soil would be put back from the retaining pond and street project… hoping it would be soon. 9. Open discussion…. Farmers/landowners are being approached for land by wind turbine companies. Because of possible hazard to airport traffic Mike Marr said to check into local zoning. Some modifications may be needed not just for air traffic but also birds. 10. Next meeting date set of June 4th. Rick called for motion to adjourn… Ist… Bryan, 2nd…Ross, all approved…meeting adjourned 6:35 pm Submitted… by Clair Pecinovsky… secretary |