Yeah, I know.

I mean it's different.

Recording in progress.

Good morning.

Call the order, the December 19th, 2025 meeting of the Indianapolis Airport Authority.

Um first we will have a full call attendance.

Barbara Goss here.

Steve Dillinger?

Baby Powers?

Here.

Pete Cadjans?

Here.

Eric Dozier?

Here.

Jeff Gaither?

Here.

Wayne Gibbs?

Here.

Brian Goodwin?

Here.

Here.

Kurt Schlater?

Here.

Brian Fordees?

Here.

And Brian Tudor for legal counsel.

Brian Person, we have a formal trip proceed.

So everyone's here and they're here reversally.

Okay.

Um next we have the approval of the minutes of the November 21st, 2025 meeting.

Um, do I have a motion?

Second.

Any discussion?

We'll take roll call.

For the November 21st, 2022 meeting minutes.

You have a first motion by Jeff Gather, second motion by Eric Fozier.

Barbara Glass?

Aye.

Dillinger?

Aye.

Aye.

Eric Dozier?

Aye.

Jeff Gaither?

Aye.

Brian Goodwin?

Aye.

Kevin McClarewock?

Aye.

Burt Schlater.

All right.

President, you have united approval.

Okay.

Um next we'll move on to the general agenda.

And first it's BP 2025-12-1.

Marcia.

Good morning.

Consider for approval an FTV operator agreement and the issuance of a grantee sponsorship letter with Phoenix Retail LLC to facilitate access to the federal FTC program.

So Phoenix Retail LLC is a direct-to-consumer business platform, which actually purchased the express and the Nobos brands, retail brands, which you might recognize as those brands.

They are seeking this designation for their facility located in Greenfield, Indiana.

There's actually 369,000 square feet with an outdoor space of just over 220,000 square feet for storage on over 13 acres.

They have an annual fee roll that's uh estimated at 13.6 million dollars, and once operational, uh they will create 213 of additional full-time physicians.

The grantee fees are anticipated to be uh four thousand dollars a month or forty-eight thousand dollars annually.

This has gone forward to the foreign trade zone board, which is led by Jeff Gaither and and has had comes to with the approval and just would like to thank Jeff for his leadership of the foreign trade zone board and and uh bring this forward to answer any questions you may have.

Okay, do we have a motion?

Motion to approve all right.

Any discussion take the roll call for BP 2025-12-01.

You have a first motion by Ryan Goodwin, second motion by Tov McLaren.

Barbara Glass?

Aye, Steve Dillinger, aye, Jim Powers, aye, catchings, uh Gaither, aye.

Queen Gibbs, aye, Brian Goodwin, aye, Kevin McClare, all right.

Schlater, Brian Forhees, aye.

Hey, BP2025-12-2, Marshall Worst track.

I consider for approval and FTZ operator agreement and the issuance of a grantee sponsor that are with electro spec to facilitate access to the federal FTZ program.

ElectroSpec is a precious and semi-precious metal electroplating company that specializes in high reliability plating on medical, nuclear, aerospace, military, automotive town communication components.

So they're involved in a lot.

Um electric spec is is seeking this FTZ designation at their facility in Franklin, Indiana, 55,000 square feet on approximately 12 acres.

They have 50 full-time three at the facility, and their payroll is approximately 3.6 million dollars.

And again, this comes with the approval of the recommendation from the Ford Trade Center Board.

Do we have a motion?

Moved.

Any discussion or questions for Marcia?

For BP 2025-12-2.

You have a first question by Jeff Gaether, second motion by Ryan Goodwin.

Barbaglass?

Hi.

Steve Dillinger?

Hi.

Jeff Gaether?

All right.

Joanne Gibbs?

Brian Goodwin?

All right.

Kevin McLear.

Schneider?

Voorhees?

I wasn't even asked.

AP 2025-12-3.

Jared Klaus.

Thank you.

Consider for approval.

Amendment number three with the Etika group for restroom renovations in the terminal and concourses at the Indianapolis International Airport and an amount not to exceed 827,000 65 dollars.

So the background on this just to refresh everyone's memory, the restroom project as a whole in the capital budget has a uh an amount of 17 uh million dollars.

Uh we currently have a contract with ABLE construction um for approximately nine million.

Um where this originated was um originally the project for both the secure side and the public side of the restrooms.

That uh bid package that we put out uh received no bids, and so we uh advertised uh to the general world of contractors that we were having a looking session.

We invited contractors in, we listened to what their concerns were with the bid package.

Uh we made some changes, helped them understand other components.

Uh but one of the main things that happened with that was we split it into two projects.

We were doing the non-secure side first.

Um, and that's fine.

That makes a lot of sense for a lot of reasons.

Uh, but as you can imagine, it is two complete projects.

And so the bulk of this amendment over 73%, 600,000 is in the additional 18 months of construction administration for both projects.

So this isn't just an amendment for phase one.

This amendment covers both sets of restroom projects.

Um the next you know, 12, 13 percent was in splitting that into two projects and the additional work that went with that.

So those two together are 85% of this amendment, but I felt like it was important to just have clarity and understanding because this amendment face value seems a little higher than some that I've brought before.

So if there's any questions, I'd be happy to provide.

Just looking at the packet.

I mean it was divided.

That was the main reason why people didn't want to bid.

There were some other sometimes.

There's there's in any bid package that's that complex, sometimes there are questions that bidders have.

Um part of the concern was also the original package had all night work.

Um we've had to design some other accommodations to go in and put sound attenuation over some of those restrooms to allow more work to continue during the day.

Uh we made some accommodations to do partial retainage releases as certain restrooms open up to release that retainage back.

So there were there were other miscellaneous things, but the project as a whole was so large and it was nighttime work.

Folks didn't want to, it was not attractive to have crews busy for two to three years in a single project.

They wanted it smaller.

Has the project started yet?

I know looking around for my team.

I know Able Construction, um, they've had the initial uh meetings, and I know they're mobilizing to come out.

I think is it January?

46th.

There you go.

Okay, so um what concerns me is you know they haven't even started and and we've got this you know huge amendment.

Um I think I would just like you know, uh to believe that we're not gonna have any more amendments on this.

Well, I so I think knowing what so my honest opinion on that is um knowing what we know, we feel pretty confident, and I believe as the Etika, I know uh Jessica Nickloy is here.

We know an awful lot, and so that reduces the risk is of anything substantial happening later now.

My only just an honest uh addition to that is when you're dealing with large facilities and large projects.

I can't guarantee it.

Do I feel confident that if anything came up it would be modest?

Absolutely, I do.

And is it possible if we find to go over in some areas we can cut costs in other it absolutely is, and especially in a project this this large?

I mean, one of the things I hope to do since it's we split it into two projects, there will be things we learn from this set of restrooms that we will carry forward and maybe make some tweaks that um will allow things to go faster.

We will also lose a contractor who has gained that experience, and you know, one would assume that that might give them an edge to be a little bit cheaper in the bidding the next time.

So we we are looking at this very much.

I just think it's probably in people's best interest to don't have more amendments on this since we're already in the 50 million bars.

We totally understand that.

Um and it is always our goal.

We're gonna do it right, and I appreciate the board always being willing to have that transparency.

If something does happen, I I don't have any problem coming and talking about that.

Why did you decide to outside or Ken's side?

Because it is simpler from the construction standpoint.

Uh you know, one of the things the contractor has to do on the secure side, all the tools that they bring in, they have to maintain that list.

Those tools have to be verified and secured at the end of the workday.

Um obviously you wouldn't want you know, hammers and box cutters and you know whatever the tools may be, drill bits, you want those accounted for when you're on the secure side of the airport.

So that adds a different layer of complexity.

We started uh on the other side first.

Yeah, complex if you'll be there out of what order it will be, but we've worked with TSA, we think we have streamlined that process a little bit, and also uh, as I said, we expect to gain some knowledge and ways of doing the construction that increases the efficiency to offset some of that.

Oh ask questions.

So how do you split in terms of the two contracts?

Almost almost half and half.

I think there's a couple uh maybe one or two restrooms, but how many are in this, Jim?

14, 14 almost the same.

But I was confused about so this change here, this amendment, right?

Did you say it covers both?

I was confused.

It does.

It it includes the construction administration for the second phase for the secure side.

Okay, is we have a motion?

Yeah.

And any further questions or discussion with Jared on this none, we'll take a roll call then.

All right, for VP 2025-12-3, your first motion by Ryan Goodwin.

Second motion from Steve Villinger?

Hi.

Thank you.

Consider for approval amendment number one with synthesis for planning and development office renovations at the Indianapolis International Airport, an amount not to exceed 113,866 for fees and expenses.

So first off, as I'm uh walking through this, I'd like to express my gratitude to synthesis.

Um, when they came in to help with this project, we had certain assumptions about the scope and the locations of the building that we would start this renovation.

Uh can you explain what this project is?

Yeah.

So this has been in the budget, capital budget uh for two years.

This is to renovate a portion of the building that the planning development staff is housed.

Uh it's formerly it was the plumbers union hall just south of 70 across from FedEx.

So that's the location we're talking about.

Uh we moved over there in the middle of COVID because uh quarters downstairs on level two in the terminal pretty tight that didn't really accommodate what we so the building has space for us um a significant way into the future.

So the building has space for us a significant way into the future.

Uh but the proportion of the building that most of the project team is in essentially concrete block walls, and it was the training rooms uh from the old days when plumbers union had those setups back there for hands-on uh classes.

So what we um the assumption was we were going to renovate that area uh which would have necessitated moving people out, putting them in temporary accommodations, the disruption, the costs with that.

Uh, synthesis came in and uh showed us a different way of looking at that.

They essentially turned the project on its head.

There is a side of the building uh that is uh more of a skeleton.

It is not currently built out in offices, but it's an enclosed part of the building.

It is going to be uh a bit cheaper as well as far less disruptive, so therefore saving additional costs to start the build out there.

Additionally they went and did some schematic level drawings just to help tie the vision in the years to come to match that staffing table that I shared a while back with the board to make sure that we are intelligently programming future renovations to match up with those increases in staff.

So I appreciate them for helping us work through that and come up with a better a better way of doing that.

Uh but this uh amendment uh predominantly is to true that up then with the um commensurate with the construction administration, and uh a minor portion was on the additional design work they did with the things I described.

They also identified ways that that phased approach in the current plan and matches up better with the the uh mechanical systems in the building.

So again, saving us a little bit of money in this first phase.

We have a motion.

So move.

Any discussion questions for Aaron?

And are you using Eric or Wayne?

I used to we appreciate them both.

Yeah, for BP 2025-12-4.

You have first motion by Brent Forney, second motion by Eric Dozier, Voss.

Aye.

Hi.

Brian Goodman.

All right, McClellan.

All right, Schlater?

All right, for he's all right.

Uh president, you've been asked BP 2025-12-5.

Jared.

Thank you.

Um, let's see.

Conservative approval amendment number two with uh Shrewsbury and Associates or Airport Capital Program Management Services at the Indianapolis International Airport uh and reliever airports in an amount not to exceed 1,700 four thousand nine hundred and one dollars.

Uh so um we have been doing augment contracts uh that we brought to the board going back at least to 2022.

Um these contracts allow us to have the extra staffing needed to uh handle the two billion dollar capital program that we currently have.

Uh we fluctuate that a little bit from year to year based on what we think the actual needs are.

Um, for instance, with the runway project, uh we had a few extra bodies that had airfield expertise to help with that project.

Um, so we've also had some successes along the way of attracting uh a couple folks to the team into permanent position, uh and that has resulted in a couple hundred thousand dollars less on this year's ask.

Uh we also wanted to be transparent.

I didn't wanted to make sure we didn't bring a contract or two earlier and then you know a few more now because I like to have this discussion uh holistically with the board because you asked me as a group what's the right number of augments, what's the right number of staff?

Uh we we Rachel's team and the HR group uh works very hard trying to recruit people, but in in market conditions that we have, it just takes a lot.

Uh, what I will say for this organization and our culture is once we get people on board, they tend to stay and in my group, and I appreciate that very much, and I appreciate the board because you help us do that.

Um there have been many successes along the way, but they're slow.

Um, I would say 2024 was our highest year of the contracts we brought for augments to you then were over six million dollars.

Um last year was 3.8 million.

Uh uh this year's group in total, including Ruseberies is about three point three million.

So we are in keeping with what we've done in the past, and we are continuing our efforts to try and bring more full-time staff on.

Jared, are these all engineers?

I would say they're not all engineers, some are some are engineers, some are architects, and some are just experienced project managers.

Their degree may not be engineering or architecture, but they come with experience behind the motion.

We'll move second any discussion or questions for Jared.

I have a question.

So what are these augmented solutions housed with my team?

It's the house here of where is the uh in the old Palmers Union building across they're embedded with the team.

Thanks.

Further discussion?

Yes, I had some questions.

Um I understand there's lots of different companies that are part of this.

Um how many people specifically to shoesbury?

How many people does that include?

Um eight people under the Shrewsbury contract.

Okay, and then so eight of them, and then I can't count how many of the others.

So what what percentage?

And maybe you said and I missed it, but what percentage of staff do you take this the staff augment versus your in-house staff?

What percentage of our staff is augmented?

I'd say we're pretty close to still we still go ahead, Jerry.

Uh 35 forward percent.

Okay.

I was gonna say close to 50, but maybe slightly less than that now.

Because we, as I said, we've made a couple hires this year.

Thank you.

So it's heading in the right direction, it's just not quick.

Any further discussion and just to help sorry, just to help you, Jared.

I I understand sometimes people aren't full-time, so that does skew the the percentage as well.

Um it can, but uh believe all these are these rolls 40 hour weeks.

Yeah, these are even from I understood the shoesbury, but even the other folks are all full-time for the most part, yes.

Okay, further for BP 2025-12-5.

You have a first motion by Steve Dillinger, second motion by Dwayne Gibbs, Barbara Glass, hi Steve Dillinger?

Hi, Dave Powerst.

Hi.

Brian Goodwin, McClaremar, hi.

Kurt Schlater, all right, Prohized?

Hi.

Um, BP2025-12-6.

I before we get started.

I like to there are three actions under this item, and I would like everyone for us to take a vote to see if it's okay, have one vote on these three items.

That makes sense.

Yeah, so is there can I have a motion to combine these three?

So moved okay.

So take a roll call.

All right.

First motion by McLarenlock, second motion by Jeff Gazer.

And Barbara Glass?

Hi.

Steve Dellinger.

Hi.

David Powers.

Hi.

So now um, I'll turn this over to Jared then.

Thank you.

Consider for approval, free staff augmentation and project management services contracts and support of IA's capital improvement program and other projects and initiatives.

Action one is BB engineering and management and an amount not to exceed 484,000.

Action two is for JS Held and an amount not to exceed 754,820, and action three is for Karamita and an amount not to exceed 320,000.

And this is like the others, it's engineers and others.

Agreed.

And so certainly is like in the case of Ceramita, they are highly qualified environmental professionals.

They may not be engineered, but similar to those we discussed.

We have a motion.

So the second any discussion.

For BP 2025-12-6 for action action one, action two, action three.

You have first motion by Tobin McClamock, second motion by Jeff Gaither.

Steve Dillinger.

Hi.

Hi.

Jeff Gaither?

Aye.

Wayne Gibbs.

Aye.

Brian Goodwin.

All right.

Hi.

Kurt Schneider.

All right.

Brett Voorhees.

Aye.

President Superman.

Thank you.

Next is our executive directorate's report.

Mario Rodriguez.

I've submitted my my report in writing, but what I want to say is I want to thank you on behalf of our exceptional team, which is all around you.

I want to thank you for your leadership and your support during the year.

We've had an incredible year.

And we'll we'll have we'll tally up the numbers at uh later on during the early part of the year and we'll send it to you.

But in totality, we're kind of gonna look back a decade, right?

And we have right now more nonstops than ever before.

We have 55, and we've got a surprise for you early early on next year.

I'm not gonna say it because half of the team would kill me.

But we might definitely start Robert next.

We have we have a surprise for you next year.

It's gonna be if next year seems to be heading in the right direction.

Right now, this place financially is I can't even conceive of a scenario where this place can't stay afloat.

We have over 500 operating days reserved, and it is just it was conditioned when it comes to financial financial conditions of this place.

We also have more passengers than before, and customer service is as high as we could get.

We're still winning awards, although we've increased 33% over the last decade in passenger, and everything seems to be heading in the right direction.

And along the lines of public value, which is just one data point, we've got a lot more data points to go.

91% approximately of everything spent at the airport last year was spent locally.

That's way over 200 million dollars.

So that really it creates a condition for the community where it's supporting the community.

I would doubt that any airport is actually doing that right now in the United States because it's hard.

So thank you so much for all your support.

Have a happy holiday, and that concludes my report.

Thank you, Mario.

Um, I would just like to add it's our last meeting of the year.

I think we've had a good great year, like you said.

I think our board's worked very well with the staff, and just want to congratulate everyone, thank all the staff here too.

Um wish everyone a happy holidays.

We'll be back in 2026.

Going ahead.

And um, our next meeting is Friday, January 16th at 8 a.m.

And with that, we adjourn.