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Attachment 1
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Confirmed Minutes - Airport Advisory Committee -
04.06.14
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Meeting: Airports
Advisory Committee Meeting
Date: Wednesday
4th June, 2014
Chair: Cr. Joy Denton
Attendees: Cr.
Joy Denton, Ben Jones MRC – Manager Airports (Roma, Injune & Surat),
Barry McCabe – Roma Aero Club, Meryl Brumpton – Flying Surgical and
Flying Obstetric Service, Lyn Kajewski – Roma Tourism Association Inc,
Greg Shaw, Cr. Cameron O’Neil, Bryce Duke – Care Flight Group
QLD
Apologies: Mr
Tony Partridge
Minutes: Julie
Latcham
Meeting Opened: 6pm
Meeting Closed: 6.35pm
Next Meeting Details
Date: 2
July 2014
Time: 6pm
Location:
Council Retreat
Discussion Notes:
Welcome
Cr. Denton welcomed all present and declared the meeting open
at 6pm.
Item 1 Apologies
The following apologies were noted at the commencement of the
meeting;
Mr Tony Partridge
Item 2 Confirmation
of Minutes and Business Arising
Resolution: That the Airport Advisory Committee Meeting
minutes of 7th May, 2014 be confirmed
Moved: Mr
Barry McCabe
Seconded: Ms
Meryl Brumpton
CARRIED 8/0
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Action Items from Previous Meetings
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Date
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Item
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Description
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Comments
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Action
by
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When
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Various
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Item 2
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Confirmation
of Minutes and Business Arising
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Installation of VASI lights at Roma
Airport
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Ben Jones
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Ongoing
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Provide an update on the sale of
the council drink vending machine to the Roma Aero Club.
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Ben Jones
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Ongoing
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07/05/14
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Item 5
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Terms Of
Reference
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Terms of Reference be amended to
update the Quorum being a minimum of 6 members.
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Kelly
Rogers
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Complete
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07/05/14
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Item 10
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WiFi
Capability
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Report to Council putting forward
Committee recommendation to investigate the cost of installing WiFi
Capability at the Roma Airport. Report to General Meeting 14 May 2014.
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Cr.
Denton/Kelly Rogers
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Complete
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04/06/14
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Item 4
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Airport
Redevelopment
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Written update on redevelopment
provided to Committee
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Ms Bianca Kocsis
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By next meeting
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Item 5
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FIDS
Screens
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Update to be sent to Cr Denton upon completion
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Mr Ben Jones
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By next meeting
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Item 5
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Tourism Information
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IT Dept to be contacted to ascertain what format is
required for streaming of tourism info
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Mr Ben Jones
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By next meeting
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VASI Lighting
Mr Ben Jones reported on the progress
of the installation of the VASI lights at Roma Airport.
- Contractors
are to be on site within the next week with the construction phase beginning
- Delivery of lighting is expected
within the next 3-4 weeks
General discussion took place over
the necessity of VASI lighting and with CASA altering current regulations to
have VASI lighting as a requirement for large aircraft.
Ben Jones advised it was
expected that work on the VASI lighting would be completed by August 2014, as
there is considerable construction involved in the process.
Vending Machine
Mr Ben Jones reported that the
invoice is on the way to the Roma Aero Club – once paid, Aero Club
members will be trained in the operation of the machine.
Terms of Reference
General discussion on the change of
Quorum numbers with a positive response from all in attendance.
WiFi Capability
Mr Ben Jones reported that he had
spoken to MRC’s IT department and they are investigating what we are able
to provide and then relative costings will be ascertained.
Item 3 - Update Car Park & Terminal Expansion
Project Manager – Ms Bianca Kocsis was unable to attend
the meeting, however, Mr Ben Jones reported on the progress of the expansion in
the absence of Ms Kocsis behalf.
ACTION:
It was requested that project update from Bianca Kocsis be provided
to members prior to the next meeting.
Car Park Overview
The design for the car park is near completion; and is
currently being reviewed by the design team
It is estimated that the design for construction would be
completed by the end of this week, the new and short and long term car park is
to be constructed to the south of the sealed car park and will provide greater
parking options. This is the first part of the upgrade.
Terminal
The terminal expansion includes:
· Improvements to the terminal (enlarging the departure
lounge, additional toilet facilities, larger check-in facilities, improved
baggage claim carousel area and movement of the car-rental area)
· Bus interchange
Detailed design is now well progressed and will facilitate the production
of detailed costing’s, and inform project time frames.
The committee discussed construction commencement and the
next steps required.
General discussion took place over the subject of Airports in
general being topical in the media.
Discussion over the Miles airport took place in relation to
Qantas stopping RPT services. Qantas were to begin at Miles on the 16th
June however have cancelled the service completely.
There is however FIFO flights occurring into Miles.
5.0 General
Business
Greg Shaw discussed larger aircraft
parking at Roma Airport and his concern that the Apron is not large enough to
handle such requests. He believed that extending the Apron should be considered
to allow more parking of larger aircraft to take place.
General discussion took place between
attendees outlining that this could perhaps put further strain on terminal
facilities as then more planes would be arriving at once; in this particular
instance no aircraft had to be turned away and there was no disruption caused
to normal Airport procedure.
Discussion took place over the
current number of flights in to Roma Airport and potential increase/decrease.
It was discussed that any extension
to the Apron is something to consider in the future direction of the
Airport.
Greg Shaw enquired on the regulations
on light aircraft refuelling in the presence of the Careflight Helicopter and
general discussion took place with respect to emergency priority.
Post Meeting – Greg Shaw
suggested that an ERSA entry be added in relation to refuelling during
helicopter operation periods. This topic will be included in the next meeting
for discussion with the Advisory Committee.
Mr Ben Jones gave attendees an update
on the FIDS screens located at the airport
- 2 new computers have been installed
however the system is down at the moment with work currently being undertaken
to fix this.
- Telstra attended the airport on
3.6.14 to progress this process by installing and ADSL line as the 3G was
unstable and not fast enough
- As of 4.6.14 the ADSL connection is
now complete however there are some IT issues and Council’s IT department
are working with TELSTRA to complete the set up/installation which will enable
them full access
- This should take approximate 1-2 days
Mr Ben Jones to send a confirmation
email in relation to the IT issues to Cr. Denton once completed
ACTION:
Mr Ben Jones to send a confirmation email to Cr. Denton once
completed.
Bryce Duke introduced himself as
Manager Careflight – and spoke on the general nature of Careflight
- There are currently 4 in a rotating crew,
- 1 engineer and Bryce
- Averaging 2.5 call outs per day
Consortium have donated double the
hours for community use
Lyn Kajewski reported that the
tourism information is ready for presentation on the screens at Roma Airport.
It was requested that Mr Ben Jones advise of the required format for screening
of the information.
ACTION:
Mr Ben Jones to confirm required format.
Item 6 Next
Meeting Date & Close
The Committee scheduled the next meeting for 2nd
July, 2014 commencing 6pm, to be held at the Council Chambers. The meeting was
closed at 6:35pm.
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