PROCEEDINGS OF THE AIRPORT DISTRICT, PARISH OF BEAUREGARD, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 2, 2004.

The Beauregard Parish Airport District Board met in Regular Session on Thursday December 2, 2004 at 5:00 P.M.  The following board members were present:  Hollis Ray O'Neal, Chairman; Elton Pickering, Secretary/Treasurer; R.M. Simmons, Eugene Loftin and Hugh Dubose.  Those absent were:  Wayne Hall and Karl St. Romain.  Also present were:  Tim Cooper, Forestry Consultant and John B. Jones, III, Airport Manager

Mr. O'Neal opened the meeting by asking Mr. Cooper if he would give the invocation.  Mr. O'Neal then welcomed all those present to the December 2004 board meeting which he pointed out would be the last one of the year.

Mr. O'Neal then asked if there were any amendments to the agenda.  Mr. Jones said that he had one item he was requesting be added.  That was to discuss leasing two additional acres to Mr. Lee Cook.  Mr. O'Neal asked that a sick leave request from Mr. Robert Brumley be added.  A motion was made by Mr. Pickering, seconded by Mr. Simmons to amend the agenda as requested.  The motion passed unanimously.  The request from Mr. Cook was added as Item C under Grounds and Maintenance.  The request from Mr. Brumley was added as item A under personnel.

Mr. O'Neal then asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes of the November 11, 2004 regular meeting.  There were none.  A motion was made by Mr. Simmons to approve the minutes as written and mailed.  Mr. Pickering offered the second and the motion was unanimously approved.

Mr. O'Neal then moved to the next item on the agenda which was Item A under Grounds and Maintenance.  Mr. Lancon, consultant Engineer, had advised Mr. Jones that due to a previous commitment he would not be in attendance.  Mr. Jones said that Mr. Lancon had sent a report via FAX which had been placed in board members folders.  Mr. Dubose mentioned that he had been contacted regarding mud washing out of the construction area across Graybow Road.  Mr. Pickering responded and said that he had noticed the mud.  He said that he thought the parish road crew could correct the problem with some ditching improvements.  There was a brief discussion regarding the project.  The board requested that Mr. Jones contact Mr. Lancon and ask that he address concerns about the completion date, rainy day allowances, and end results of all the work delays at the January 2005 meeting.

The next item was the 2005 Timber Sales.  Mr. O'Neal recognized Mr. Tim Cooper, Forestry Consultant.  Mr. Cooper said that he was recommending that 113 Acres be thinned and 83 Acres clear cut.  He then passed out an airport map showing the plats to be cut and/or thinned.  Mr. Simmons asked if the sale was in line with the five year forestry plan.  Mr. Cooper said that the airport was on target with the plan.  He said that there should be approximately 900 cords of pulpwood in the selected areas.  Mr. Simmons asked if any timber was to be sold in the area earmarked for the nature trail.  Mr. Cooper replied that there was no timber to be cut in that area this year.  Mr. Simmons added that he felt that timber cutting in the nature trail area should be done in a manner that would not degrade the natural attractiveness of the area.  The board members were all in agreement that the Nature Trail should be protected.  A motion was made by Mr. Pickering to approve advertising for timber sale bids in the areas so designated by Mr. Cooper.  Mr. Loftin offered the second and the motion passed unanimously.

The next item was a request from Mr. Lee Cook. Mr. O'Neal asked Mr. Jones to present Mr. Cook's request since Mr. Cook was not present.  Mr. Jones advised the board that Mr. Cook leased four acres of property from the airport for $35.00 per acre.  He said that Mr. Cook has now been awarded a new scrap metal bid from Ft. Polk and needed to lease two additional acres to accommodate the increased business.  Mr. Jones proposed that the lease be re-written for a total of six acres with the same rental per acre, terms, and conditions.  Mr. Pickering asked where the two additional acres would be.  Mr. Jones replied that they would be directly behind or east of the existing four acres.  After a brief discussion a motion to approve the request was made by Mr. Pickering and was seconded by Mr. Loftin.  The motion was unanimously approved.

The last item on the agenda was a request by an employee, Robert Brumley, pertaining to sick Leave.  Mr. O'Neal told the board that Mr. Brumley had been burned in a home accident.  As a result he had missed three days of work prior to the Thanksgiving Holidays and would miss the work of November 29th to December 3rd.  Since he had no sick leave or vacation remaining he was requesting a sick leave extension.  After a lengthy discussion, Mr. Simmons made a motion to grant the requested sick leave extension.  The extension would only cover the dates November 22nd to 24th and November 29th thru December 3rd.  Any time more than that or any follow-up visits would not be included.  Mr. Brumley would also be required to provide authorization to return for work from his physician in order for him to return.  Mr. Pickering seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

There being no further business a motion was made to adjourn by Mr. Pickering.  Mr. Dubose seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

     

Hollis Ray O'Neal, Chairman

     

Elton Pickering, Secretary/Treasurer