The challenges at Road & Bridge are different kinds of materials, looking for never-ending, but with the professionalism the best fit for us. Crack sealing reduces and expertise of our crews, we get the job moisture penetration into the underlying done. As Campbell County continues base and sub base layers of a road, which to grow, so do the road projects. We are in turn, prevents freeze/thaw/heave that always looking for the safest and best can speed up the deterioration of the possible ways to serve the public. Dust roads. We are hoping with the new control stays at the top of our to do list. machine, that we can add several years Our water trucks put on 19,116 miles. to the life of our roads. They prewatered before mag water and Our belly dumps put on 376,867 then sprayed the mag water. We spent miles. They were kept very busy hauling $244,647.54 just on dust control. We material from our out lying pits to various also used our rotomill/gravel mix to help road projects. They also helped out other with the dust. If Mother Nature would departments hauling in outfield sand from only cooperate, it would make our job Casper, and hauling sand from south of much easier. Wright to CAM-PLEX, When we moved We have a screen plant set up in the crusher back to our Hakert Pit, they our yard to mix rotomill and helped with the move. They also hauled Buffalo gravel. We use this rotomill in from T-7 road and hauled mixture as road base and dust out the rotomill gravel mix. control. Sealing cracks in 14,773 hours were put on asphalt is an ever present and the blades. Being a very dry Campbell sizable task, but one that is year made it a full time job County necessary to extending the trying to keep the gravel roads Road & life of paved road surfaces. in the best possible shape. Bridge We purchased a new crack They bladed, prepped for dust sealing machine in the fall. control, spread gravel and 1704 4J Road 682-4411 This particular machine plowed snow. seals the wider cracks. Our end dumps stayed busy We used it, testing several as well, racking up 197,165
FIXED BASE OPERATOR Flightline, Inc., continues to provide aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, charter flights, hangar rentals, and aircraft fueling services. Flightline’s total fuel into aircraft increased by 14% year over year. For more information concerning their services call Flightline, Inc. at (307) 686-7000.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER The GCC Air Traffic Control Tower realized a decrease of 13% year over year in aircraft landing and take-off operations. The control tower is staffed with veteran controllers that have more than 80 years of combined career experience.
miles. They hauled gravel, rotomill, roto/gravel mix and snow. When winter weather turns treacherous, it’s time to load the snow plows and sanders. They get up before their alarms are supposed to go off and are at the shop and on their way to clear the County roads from snow and dust the ice with scoria chips. They try to keep pace with the frozen precipitation and learn a few lessons in the process. The crusher crew crushed a total of 428,710 tons of material at the Kennedy Pit, and then moving to our Hakert Pit crushing another 24,313 tons. They put a total of 2,970 hours on our crushing unit at a cost of $590,768.50. Putting on 34,206 miles kept our autogate/signing crew busy. They
installed new County road signs along the highways for emergency services
of air fares and size of aircraft. The CCEDC completed follow-up interviews with these local businesses and concluded that an upgrade in aircraft size would help the community and area businesses. During the same time frame, Great Lakes Airlines announced they were no longer profitable within the local Gillette-Campbell County market. CCEDC scheduled a meeting with Great Lakes Airlines to better understand their financial position. After the meeting, CCEDC concurred with Great Lakes Airlines about their unprofitability within
Airline Service The GCC Airport had a total of 28,526 passengers utilize commercial air service from the airport, which was a 5% increase year over year. This figure doesn’t include the private and corporate air travelers using the GCC Airport annually. The Gillette-Campbell County airport was served exclusively by Great Lakes Airlines this year. During the fall of 2004, the Campbell Campbell County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) surveyed area County businesses to analyze business needs Airport 2000 Airport within the community. Results of the Road survey showed area businesses were 686-1042 very concerned with local air service issues. Concerns ranged from price
and the general public to make finding county roads easier. $48,637.54 was spent replacing damaged and worn out signs and posts. They replaced several autogates that were no longer repairable, replaced autogate sills, and cleaned autogates to keep the “livestock” in. Total costs for autogate repairs and replacement were $148,584.77. As always our mechanics, welders and shop people are how Road and Bridge keeps going without a hitch. The service trucks and welding truck put on 41,338 miles chasing pieces of equipment to keep them running. Our tire costs have dropped significantly since our tire person spends more time on preventative maintenance, so tires are lasting longer.
$2,272,432 for grants received from the WYDOT, Aeronautics Division and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Federal grant projects are paid 95% by the FAA, 3% by the Aeronautics Division and 2% by local county match. The grants were used for construction, equipment, and marketing projects.
Construction Projects In the summer of 2004, Hot Iron, Inc., completed a drainage project and S&S Builders Inc., constructed a new taxilane for a future aircraft hangar facility. S&S Builders, Inc., also started construction of the new Fulkerson Airport Operations Facility. The facility is named after the Fulkerson family because of their historical development of the local airport. The new combined facility will house personnel, snow removal equipment, a fire truck, and shop area. Completion is scheduled for February 2005.
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our local market. CCEDC conducted a followup meeting with local businesses and decided to apply to the Wyoming Business Council for a state air service enhancement grant. CCEDC was successful in receiving a grant for $275,000 and continues their efforts to raise $91,000 of local funding to match the state grant.
Airport Grant and Aid In 2004, the GCC airport was reimbursed 18
Shelly Besel joined the airport staff last summer as the airport’s financial specialist. Shelly is responsible for the airport’s payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and several other accounting and financial reports. Among her many duties, Shelly prepares all of the financial reports to the airport board and works closely with all of the airport’s tenants. Jay Lundell, Airport Executive Director, received his designation as an Accredited Airport Executive (AAE). Jay had to pass a 180 question test, write a comprehensive management research paper, and demonstrate in the final interview by the board of examiners, his knowledge of airport management, business administration, and transportation economics.