No quorum at airport board meeting, still able to discuss specific items

Upper Cumberland Regional Airport may change their meeting times to better suit the multiple governments on the board.

At the January board meeting, not enough members were present to conduct business. The board could not vote or review anything as a result, but Airport Director Dean Selby was still able to provide information and updates about the airport and its activities.

At the same meeting, several board members were absent, and the remaining members discussed potentially scheduling the meetings during business hours. This way, the four mayors that serve on the board would have an easier time fitting the meeting into their schedules.

In other business, the airport’s new website is still making progress. As part of the project, Upper Cumberland Regional Airport will also get a new logo with their IATA airport code, which is SRB. (IATA airport codes are unique, three-letter codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association to identify airports globally, used for ticketing, baggage tags, and flight coordination.) The website will have the names of board members, agendas, RFPs (Request For Proposal), and updates about the airport as they commit to other projects.

To combat the cold months, the airport is looking to purchase a de-icing cart. Rather than buy a whole truck that is only used a few times a year, the airport will consider a bucket truck that can pull the deicing cart behind it during the cold months, and then, the bucket truck could provide other utility during the rest of the year.

Fuel sales for the airport are down, and they are lower than generally estimated for this time of year. However, director Selby mentioned this seemed to be the case nationwide currently, so it is nothing too concerning for the airport.

As there was no quorum, there were no items the board could vote on, so no actionable items of note were addressed at the meeting.