Carson City Airport Authority Meeting - June 17, 2026
Carson City Airport Authority Meeting - June 17, 2026
The Carson City Airport Authority held its regular meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 1:30 PM. The meeting covered approval of past minutes, public comments on gate security, several discussion items including a contract award for pavement preservation and a lease extension for Carson Tahoe Executive (CTE), and reports from the airport manager and legal counsel. All votes were unanimous.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes: The board unanimously approved the minutes from the previous meeting.
- Consent Agenda: The board unanimously approved the consent agenda as written (including a budget amendment).
Public Comments & Testimony
- Loretta Hamilton (Sport Aviation Center): Reported a third encounter with a black pickup truck driver who tailgated through the gate despite her refusal. She emphasized that gate tailgating is a safety and security issue and expressed frustration that such incidents are common.
- Paul Hamilton (Flight School FBO): Described multiple personal incidents of tailgating, including one that escalated to a verbal confrontation. He stated that 50% of drivers behind him now comply, but the other 50% are often angry. He called for stronger enforcement and warned of liability if the airport fails to address the security problem. He noted that other airports revoke gate cards without question.
- Tom Everly (Hangar H4): Asked about plans for restriping taxiways (particularly Bravo) and pavement repairs. He was referred to the engineer’s report.
Discussion Items
- Airport Engineer’s Report (Brian Martinez Smallis, Wood Rogers): Provided updates on the RSA drainage and improvements project (out to bid, pre-bid meeting scheduled), the main apron rehab and 2025 pavement preservation project, and upcoming projects including North Apron pavement rehab and design for Taxiway Bravo reconstruction. No formal action was taken.
- Item H1 – Award of Contract for Main Apron Pavement Preservation Project: Staff recommended awarding the base bid to Sierra Nevada Construction for $184,462. Brian Martinez Smallis confirmed it was the lowest bid. The board unanimously approved the award.
- Item H2 – Extension for Carson Tahoe Executive (CTE): CTE requested a 24-month extension to begin construction on a leasehold originally dating to 2008. The airport manager noted that CTE has made progress (engaging engineering firms, submitting FAA forms) but that the requested extension exceeds the 18-month precedent. Staff recommended 24 months for start of construction and 12 months to complete, with a mechanism to revisit if another developer emerges. Board discussion included the history of the lease and the need for clear limits. The board unanimously approved the 24-month extension to start construction and 12 months to complete construction.
- Airport Manager’s Report (Corey): Reported that the SRE building is nearing completion but behind schedule with quality issues; staff will present a list of problems at the next meeting. Noted an increase in access control violations, including runway incursions linked to gate breaches. Enforcement efforts have improved compliance, but older users resist changes. Core will conduct an internal review of security policies and procedures with legal counsel. Also reported progress on implementing new audit software (debt book), upcoming Eagle Valley Airport development construction, and attendance at a Western Nevada Development District board meeting.
Key Outcomes
- Unanimous Approval: Minutes from the previous meeting.
- Unanimous Approval: Consent agenda (including budget amendment).
- Unanimous Vote (Item H1): Award contract for the main apron pavement preservation project to Sierra Nevada Construction in the amount of $184,462.
- Unanimous Vote (Item H2): Approved a 24-month extension for Carson Tahoe Executive to start construction and 12 months to complete construction, with lease termination avoided pending compliance.
Meeting Transcript
The meeting of the Carson City Airport Authority for Wednesday, June 17th, 2026, will please come to order. Um may we have the roll call and determination of a quorum, please. Chair Pulitz. Present. Vice Chair Norville. Treasurer Sutton. Present. Member Flint. Here. Member Horton. Member Hutter. And Member Stewart. Here. We have a quorum. Thank you. Curtis, would you lead us in the pledge? Please join me in the pledge. I pledge the allegiance to the flag. I mean that is still given there. And to the republic or what's it say? One nation. With liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On to item number C approval of the minutes of past meetings of the airport authority. Do the members have any corrections or additions to any of the past minutes of the airport authority? No, no corrections here. Seeing none, I guess we're no longer voting to approve those. Generally we have done that in the past. I make a motion that we approve the minutes from the previous meeting. Motion has been made and seconded. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Members of the public who wish to address the airport authority. So we would ask that you keep those comments to about three minutes. Are there any is there any public comment? Would you give us your name, please when you get started and turn your mic on? Loretta Hamilton with Sport Aviation Center. Approximately nine fifteen, I drove up to the uh gate on the northwest side of the airport as I was rolling down my car door window to swipe the access card through the card reader. I glanced in my rear view mirror to see a black pickup truck pull up behind me with the same fellow and driving that I have had encounters with uh twice before. The fellow waved what may have been an access card. Um I swiped my access card in the card reader and the gate opened. I pulled my truck forward and stopped to wait for the gate to close. Uh the gate began to close, but then the black truck he was in moved forward and the gate opened. Um I exited my vehicle to ask him to back up so the gate could close. Um he told me he had swiped his card and should I should move and allow him to enter. Um I didn't see him swipe his card, so I asked him again to back up so the gate would close and explained to him that if I allow him through um I could lose my gate key privileges. Um he said he was late for a flight and that he should I should let him through the gate. Um I again said he should just back up and let the gate close.
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