The meeting minutes from January were approved with no changes.

Finance:
Matt Kriech has taken over our Treasurer's position from Chuck Long and he would like to follow very similar procedures and use electronic methods for bank payments. He passed around an official roster of the hangar members that we will continue with going forward and this was made from Earl Brosman's map. Three of the north hangars paid to have the doors installed and their hangar rate will be $85 per month until January 2029 (5 years). The other 2 hangars at that building will be $110 as this is the rent for hangars with doors that do not pay upfront for doors. Matt would like to present three payment methods: a check, a bill pay check sent from a bank or pay with Zelle electronically. Matt said money orders and cash involves more time from the treasurer to deposit and balance each month. Personal checks or checks from your bank can be sent to the airport address. All rents are still due the first of each month regardless of which payment method. Please submit your hours each month that you work for the club. If there is any dispute, please provide Matt with documentation. The rates charged for each hangar will be on the spreadsheet and hangar map. He commented that fuel was recently bought at a rate of $5.00 per gallon. Matt made a motion to keep the fuel with the same upcharge for yearly expenses of ($0.50/gallon); it was seconded by Chuck Long and the vote was unanimous. Matt said outstanding rents are Adam Coker at $1,400 and Karen Rieger owes $1,200 but has some questions on the fuel charges from several years ago. Chuck forwarded the email as the fuel and rent was itemized and it has the fuel identified for her review. Jay Schaumburg has a balance of about $1,000 and all other members are less than a few hundred dollars of balance. We have about $5,000 paid in advance for fuel and rent so the bottom line is good. Matt will send the hangar balances and finances out monthly via email for everyone's review. He is working on taxes for 2023 with our accountant. Please spread the word on these three methods of payment and not use money orders or cash in the future.

Old Business:

• Earl Brosman said he will make a list of airport maintenance items that people can work on and either be paid or apply toward your $20/month maintenance fee that is part of your rent.

• Steve Koch mentioned he listed Earl as Airport Manager in the directory and they are updated every six months.

• Jason Dodd said he has fireworks donated for their PPG event in August. They have some new members that have been trained.

• Jason said he is selling a paramotor. Chuck mentioned he will be selling his airplane. Someone stopped by and left a note they were interested in purchasing some of the airplanes (Khyler Holderbaum's 150 Aerobat and Nathan Schwartz's 172).

• Matt said we do have the right to sell planes left without payment of expenses (rent) or planes that have the registration expired.

• Steve said there are lights out on the runway and one is flickering. Earl said he couldn't find the clear globes and John Kindred said he has Mason globes that will work and will bring them by. Earl asked about Westfield's new lights and Mark stated they bought them from Wag-Aero. We have about 50 lights and Steve recommended we upgrade with new fixtures as the old ones need to be replaced.

• There is a rumor that Josh Kaskel's dad sold his seaplane business and is interested in purchasing an airport. Steve said Josh's dad is moving back to Lebanon.

• Steve said he will order chemicals for the ditches. Mark mentioned he will do the oil changes on the mowers and Jason said he can help. Both mowers are running and should be ready for winter maintenance. Rolling will be available in March like most years and Jason said he will roll if we tell him when.

• Jason said the groundhogs are making a mess at the north end so feel free to help control them.

• Also, the north windsock is not working properly and Kevin Secco will look at it and work with Jason on estimating how we should repair or make new.

• Steve mentioned the maintenance hangar lights need upgrading as the old fluorescents are beginning to fail. Discussion mentioned that since the members are renting the maintenance hangar, we could use an LED upgrade and several people said they will look at and change out as the LED fixtures are not that expensive.

• Waste Management now is our provider in Lebanon and Jack's is the new vendor in Brownsburg. We did get a proposal from Waste but they will only accept a credit card for monthly payments.

Minutes by Mark Poliak, Association Secretary