Brantford Airport Board

Garneau Amendment: THAT staff BE DIRECTED to REPORT BACK at the next Airport Board meeting with a recommendation and draft letter requesting the county to contribute funds to the project.

Garneau THAT Report 2025-336 titled June 2025 Airport Real Estate Report BE RECEIVED; and THAT an additional $311,000 for the Airport T-Hangar Project BE FUNDED from the Airport Facilities Reserve (RF0525) .

THAT Report 2025-341 titled “June 2025 Airport Facilities Update” BE RECEIVED by the Brantford Airport Board.

THAT the minutes of the Brantford Airport Board BE APPROVED.

Whereas the Brantford Municipal Airport (Airport) serves the community in a variety of fashions including flight training, emergency service and small business; and, Whereas Conestoga College (Conestoga) leases 2 airside commercial hangars at the Airport from which they operate post-secondary programs; and, Whereas Conestoga also currently operates a heavy equipment operator program at the Airport through a land lease; and, Whereas Conestoga will be ending its tenancy of the airside commercial hangars in 2027 and anticipates moving the post secondary programs being delivered at the Airport to a new facility in Brantford; and, Whereas there may be an opportunity for Conestoga’s heavy equipment program to remain at the Airport, where the program could utilize non-airside areas of the Airport for heavy equipment training. Therefore, Staff be directed to liaise with Conestoga representatives to: Determine if there is an opportunity for Conestoga’s heavy equipment program to remain as a tenant at the Airport; and In the event that there is an opportunity for Conestoga’s heavy equipment program to remain as a tenant of the Airport, determine how and where the Airport could develop a facility to house Conestoga in a non-airside location and facility at the Airport under a build / lease arrangement. And that Staff report back to the Airport Board prior to the end of 2025, and that, depending on the outcome of items a) and b) above, that a business case be included in the report.

Amendment: THAT staff BE DIRECTED to REPORT BACK at the next Airport Board meeting with a recommendation and draft letter requesting the county to contribute funds to the project.

A. THAT Report 2025-336 titled June 2025 Airport Real Estate Report BE RECEIVED; and B. THAT an additional $311,000 for the Airport T-Hangar Project BE FUNDED from the Airport Facilities Reserve (RF0525) .

Whereas the Brantford Municipal Airport (Airport) serves the community in a variety of fashions including flight training, emergency service and small business; and, Whereas Conestoga College (Conestoga) leases 2 airside commercial hangars at the Airport from which they operate post- secondary programs; and, Whereas Conestoga also currently operates a heavy equipment operator program at the Airport through a land lease; and, Whereas Conestoga will be ending its tenancy of the airside commercial hangars in 2027 and anticipates moving the post secondary programs being delivered at the Airport to a new facility in Brantford; and, Whereas there may be an opportunity for Conestoga’s heavy equipment program to remain at the Airport, where the program 4 could utilize non-airside areas of the Airport for heavy equipment training. Therefore, Staff be directed to liaise with Conestoga representatives to: a. Determine if there is an opportunity for Conestoga’s heavy equipment program to remain as a tenant at the Airport; and b. In the event that there is an opportunity for Conestoga’s heavy equipment program to remain as a tenant of the Airport, determine how and where the Airport could develop a facility to house Conestoga in a non-airside location and facility at the Airport under a build / lease arrangement. And that Staff report back to the Airport Board prior to the end of 2025, and that, depending on the outcome of items a) and b) above, that a business case be included in the rep