In a regular meeting of the Louisville Board of Aldermen, held on Tuesday, August 3, Mike Forster updated the Board on the progress of the Airport Projects.
Forster reported that completion of current projects is near, and the Louisville-Winston County Airport is a much safer, more useful airport than ever before, with new lighting, landscaping, and safety issues having been addressed. He added that there are two to four people working every day, maintaining and cleaning aircraft, and in the month of July the Airport sold 15 thousand gallons of jet fuel, compared to five or six years ago when it sold about 30 thousand gallons per year.
Forster requested authorization of payment to Clearwater Consultants, Inc. for $29.3K, for the runway restoration project, which was approved unanimously.
In addition, the Board also unanimously,
•Authorized payment to Burns Dirt, for $34.6K.
•Authorized payment to Louisville/Winston County Airport Authority for reimbursement for Hali-Brite, for $12K.
•Authorized payment to Louisville/Winston Airport Authority for reimbursement for:
•Thompson Rental for $1.5K.
•Triplett Electric for $105.
•Triplett Electric for $237.
•Matthew Roberson Painting, LLC for $6K.
Mayor Will Hill reported that Capital & Recovery Projects are largely complete, with only a few action items to be addressed, including:
•Authorization of payment to Burks-Mordecai Builders for $60K, on the Strand Theater Building, which was approved unanimously.
•Authorization of payment to Calvert-Spradling Engineers for $2K on the South Industrial Road Project, approved unanimously.
•Authorization of Payment for professional services to Neel-Schaffer for $13K, for industrial building improvements.
In other action, the Board:
•Voted 5-0 to authorized payment of docket of claims for July invoices, in the amount of $182.7K.
•Voted 5-0 to authorized payment of $138.7K, to First National Bank of Clarksdale for 2018 GO Bond accounts.
•Voted 5-0 to appoint Frances Edwards to the Historic Preservation Board.
•Voted 5-0 to transfer funds within Accounts Payable: from Solid Waste to Landfill in the amount of $100K; and from Solid Waste to the General Fund in the amount of $25K.
•Set unclean property hearings for September 7, for: 130 North Street, owned by Felicia Marshal, and 270 East Academy, owned by Ines Marshall.
• Voted 5-0 to authorized payment to BancorpSouth for Landfill Closure in the amount of $4K, and Landfill Post-Closure in the amount of $5.6K.
The Louisville Board of Aldermen meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
