May 24 2017 Minutes of Work Session with Airport Authority397
A Work Session of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors was held on Wednesday,
May 24, 2017, at S:OOP.M., in the Board of Supervisors' Meeting Room, 107 North Kent Street,
Winchester, Virginia.
PRESENT
Chairman Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.; Vice -Chairman Gene E. Fisher; Blaine P. Dunn;
Bill M. Ewing; Gary A. Lofton; Judith McCann -Slaughter; and Robert W. Wells.
County Administrator Brenda G. Garton, Assistant County Administrator
Kris C. Tierney, Deputy County Administrator Jay E. Tibbs, Treasurer C. William Orndoff, Jr.,
Finance Director Cheryl B. Shiffler, Deputy Treasurer Wayne Corbett, County Attorney
Rod Williams, Winchester Regional Airport Executive Director Renny Manuel, Winchester
Regional Airport Authority member Paul Anderson, and Courtney Beeman, President of
Delta Airport Consultants,
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the work session to order.
Vice -Chairman Fisher, who also serves as Chairman of the Airport Authority, thanked
the Board for the opportunity to present the Airport's strategic, marketing, and business plans.
He then introduced Courtney Beeman, President of Delta Airport Consultants.
Ms. Beeman provided a general overview of the Airport, its operations, and facilities.
She stated her company began the process by developing a strategic plan and then from that
document the business and marketing plans were created. She suggested the Airport needed
more of a web presence to improve marketing. Ms. Beeman answered a variety of questions
from the Board that addressed topics such as funding, expansion, marketing, domestic
commercial flights, the effect of tax rates on where airplanes are housed, and avionics repair.
Mr. Paul Anderson noted one of the biggest things that came out of the study was the
need to market the Airport; however, the Airport Authority needs money to help facilitate the
marketing of the Airport and to create a new website,
Chairman DeHaven thanked everyone for their work and for the report.
Director Manuel thanked the Board for its continued support.
There being no further discussion, the work session was adjourned at 6:00 P.M.
Minute Book Number 42
Board of Supervisors Work Session with Airport Authority 05/24/17
County of Frederick, Virginia
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Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Minute Book Number 42
Board of Supervisors Work Session with Airport Authority 05/24/17
County of Frederick, Virginia .