Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

The meeting included reports on aviation activity, finance, planning, development, construction, and customer experience. Several resolutions were approved, including the acceptance of Louisiana DOTD grants for runway rehabilitation and shuttle road projects. The board authorized various contracts, leases, and agreements, such as federal auditing services, storm water pump station maintenance, court reporting, and intergovernmental affairs. Additionally, the board approved the Director's credit card and travel requests, a concession permit for registered traveler services, occupancy permit revenue, and various tolling agreements. Financial actions included authorizing draw-down bond anticipation notes for capital improvements and the issuance of refunding bonds. Committee items included a software agreement for facilities mapping, on-call architectural and engineering design services, and a change order for runway reconstruction. Finally, the board elected a new Chairman.

The board received reports from the Director of Aviation regarding aviation activity, financial performance, and planning development and construction. The meeting included the approval of several items under the consent agenda, such as a compliance questionnaire for audit engagements and the ratification of various FAA AIP grant agreements. Furthermore, the board allocated funds for shared tenant services and on-call architectural and engineering design services. Additional actions included approving a security services contract, a program management services extension, the Director's credit card and travel reports, authorization for airline lease agreements, a mutual aid agreement with the City of Kenner, and various construction and repair contracts including HVAC replacement, fence repair, and terminal repairs related to Hurricane Ida.

The agenda included reports from the Director of Aviation regarding aviation activity and financial activity. Key items approved under the Consent Agenda involved the allocation of funds and renewal of various contracts, leases, and permits for pest management services, fire alarm and suppression systems inspection/testing, fire suppression system maintenance/repair, fire alarm maintenance/repair, and software maintenance/technical support, with specified maximum not-to-exceed amounts. The Regular Agenda required approval for the Director's Credit Card Report, a Director's Travel Request, a Services Agreement with International Display Systems, Inc., an Occupancy Permit Revenue approval for Preferred Motors, LLC, a Rental Agreement with Siddons-Martin Emergency Group, LLC, and a Memorandum of Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Finance Committee Meeting included several key actions. Discussion topics involved the Financial Activity Charts Report, presented by the Deputy Director of Finance & Administration. The committee approved the allocation of funds and renewal of contracts, leases, agreements, and permits, specifically noting a Software Maintenance and Technical Support renewal for GCR, Inc. d/b/a Tadera. Further approvals included the Director's Credit Card Report, the Director's Travel Request, a Services Agreement with International Display Systems, Inc., and the approval of Occupancy Permit Revenue for Preferred Motors, LLC.

The meetings documented covered numerous items across Finance, Operations & DBE, and Construction Committees. Key approvals included allocations for maintenance and services contracts, such as chiller maintenance, interactive map services, and various consultant services. Regular agenda items addressed Director's Credit Card Reports, travel requests, several lease and concession agreement amendments/approvals, modification to the TSA fiber optic agreement, and numerous repair projects related to Hurricane Ida recovery, including switchgear, roof, and terminal repairs. Several bids for consulting services (Janitorial, Chill Water Pipe Insulation, On-Call Planning) and a construction contract (East Apron Expansion) were rejected and marked for re-advertisement. Financial resolutions included approvals for the 2026 Airline Rates & Charges, operating budgets for parking and rental car facilities, and significant bond issuances/refunding actions.