Airport Commission — Minutes

City of Stevens Point Airport Commission August 10, 2026 - 1:05 PM Stevens Point Public Utilities 300 Bliss Avenue, Stevens Point, WI OR Zoom Teleconferencing Meeting ID: 820 26885705 By Computer: Zoom Link By Phone: (303) 715-8592 MINUTES Discussion and Possible Action on: 1. Roll Call. Present: Paul Adamski, Carl Rasmussen, Jeff Bushman and Ray Schmidt Excused Absence: Anna Haines Also Present: Joel Lemke, Ald. Christianson, Chris Lefebvre, Eric Southworth, Shane Kohnen, Jaime Zdroik, Ald. Shuda and Jodi Dobson-Baker Tilly. 2. Approval of Minutes Motion made by Jeff Bushman, seconded by Ray Schmidt to approve the June 8, 2026 meeting minutes of the Airport Commission. Ayes all. Nays none. Motion carried. 3. Approval of Department Claims Motion made by Jeff Bushman, seconded by Carl Rasmussen to approve the claims for the months of June and July as audited and read. Ayes all. Nays none. Motion carried. 4. Audit presentation by Baker Tilly - Joel Lemke Jodi Dobson of Baker Tilly presented the 2025 Audit. A five-year trend for operating revenues and expenses was presented to the Commission. Operating revenues show a decrease in total revenues from 2024-2025. The decrease in operating revenues was primarily due to third parties such as the City and other local subsidies were picking up a larger portion of the total costs. Operating expenses have been relatively stable, especially the last three years. Total expenditures are exceeding the total revenues. Need to look into ongoing revenue streams. Joel stated that the tax levy contribution is small, the smallest in all the City. Trying to maintain a low levy need. Also, getting to a point of knowing that this is not sustainable. We do recognize there is a shortfall in the Airport. Jodi stated having an airport benefits the community, so there is justification for with transfer from the tax levy. Motion made by Jeff Bushman, seconded by Carl Rasmussen to approve the 2025 Audit presented by Baker Tilly. Ayes all. Nays none. Motion carried. 5. Petition update - Joel Lemke Joel explained that the Commission will see a public notice in the paper on Thursday that says that the City of Stevens Point is going to petition the State. To use the monies from State and Federal sources we need to go through this process and part is the public notice/petition. The petition lists the projects. This year the petition only has two items because we reorganized our capital expenditure requests. There will be a Public Hearing on August 24th, 2026. So we can get the petition update filed. 6. Written/Verbal Report - Jason Draheim The Commission reviewed the monthly reports in the packets. Jeff questioned if building additional hangars and leasing them out would help bring in more revenue. Joel explained the costs involved with building hangars etc. 7. Adjournment. Motion made by Ray Schmidt to adjourn the meeting. Ayes all. Nays none. Motion carried. Meeting Adjourned: 1:20 P.M.