The Ocala Airport Advisory Board met on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 9:00 AM in the City Council Chambers. The meeting was called to order with an invocation by new board member Thad Boyd, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. All five members were present: Terry Crawford, Randy Klein, Kevin Reed, Thomas Smallen, and Thad Boyd. The board approved the May 2026 minutes, approved a $74,328.62 airfield paint project funded from the airport fund, and approved a ground lease with GLJ Aviation LLC (including a right of first refusal on the option parcel). The Airport Director provided updates on numerous ongoing projects, and fuel sales were highlighted as strong for May, though overall operations were slightly down.
I I got 901, so let the festivities begin. Let's see, what's the uh agenda? All right, we're gonna call the meeting to order and y'all um and start with an invocation. Our our newest board member Thad Boyd will say the invitation. Put that door. Yeah. Yes, and the deep end. All right. Heavenly Father, love you so much, and just uh thank you for this opportunity to serve. And uh Father, I just pray that um that your Holy Spirit got us and direct us and and everything that we do. And our thoughts are words on our actions in Jesus' name. Amen. You're you're official. I'm official. I allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which we stay one nation. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Roll call. Terry Crawford, Randy Klein, Kevin Reed, Thomas Smallin, Thad Boyd. Here all right. Next on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from last month, and Thad wasn't here, so Terry, do you move to approve? If any corrections or additions, I'll move approval. All right. All in favor? Aye. Well, I'll second it and all in favor, aye. All right. What's next? Uh airport director's report. I'm trying to get out of this. Yeah. Yeah, 5A, uh unfinished business. It's the uh 2026 uh airfield paint project in the amount of 74, 328.62 cents. So um we had submitted a grant application to the state uh towards the end of their budget year, looking for some state funding to do a painting project on the airport. They were unable to provide us with that funding. Um it's something that we still need to do. Uh we've we've got to restrict the center line on eighteen thirty-six, uh the numbers and center line on eight two six. Why it was unfinished. And um uh cleaning and restriping of various tax away alpha markings. Um we're gonna take advantage of a a state bid. Um so the state went out and they got statewide pricing for markings at airports, so we're gonna piggyback on that contract uh with Florida Airfield Maintenance JV, which allows for efficient procurement and competitive pricing. So we're gonna bear the total cost of this because the state wasn't able to pull through. We're we're still gonna pursue the grant on the chance that in the new budget year that that um the state would fund it, but uh when it comes right down to it, it's something that we have to do. So we're requesting the full amount um uh be approved, funded through the airport fund. There's about three million dollars in that fund right now. So staff recommends approval. Can you uh for the benefit of that explain what this is, this paint project? So we're um every few years, five to six years, five, seven years, somewhere around there, we're repainting the the the paint on the airfield. So the runway, taxiways, the hold lines, runways get white paint, hangar lines. That's a different project. That's a different project, but that is included.