18 - Airport Advisory Board Amendments

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other city staff to address topics of delinquency, hangar development, taxiway expansion, fuel sales, marketing, etc. We are still young in our efforts, but we have already seen a tremendous start with an exciting future on the near horizon. During this time, after communicating with the Airport Advisory Board, City Staff, Mayor Paula Portugal, Mayor Pro Tem Reginald Hughes, and Airport Advisory Board Liaison Council Member Linda Knox, the decision was made to postpone further Airport Advisory Board meetings until a document could be prepared that established the roles of the City Manager, Airport Manager, and the Airport Advisory Board. STATUS OF ISSUE: After closely examining the role and authority vested in the City Manager and Airport Manager in the City's Charter and Code of Ordinances, reviewing samples from other communities, and after consulting and seeking guidance from Mayor Paula Portugal, Mayor Pro Tem Reginald Hughes, and Airport Advisory Board Liaison Council Member Linda Knox, we have prepared the attached Resolution which we believe will clearly establish the appropriate roles of the Airport Advisory Board and the City Staff in regards to the airport. We believe that the role of "advisory" needs to be more clearly defined to prevent misunderstanding and to set appropriate expectations. In addition, with the change to an employed Airport Manager, we believe that the previous role of the Airport Advisory Board as serving in an advisory capacity to the City Council has served its purpose, and now with the shift back towards operation under the City Manager through the Airport Manager, which is more closely aligned to typical management of all other municipal departments, the Airport Advisory Board's role can be more clearly defined to better suit our operational and management needs, if the board is to continue to exist. With this resolution, we will decrease the number of board members from seven (7) to three (3). To effectively accomplish this, we will hereby dissolve the current board and will select new members during the City Council's normal board appointments later this summer. To make it clear as to roles and expectations, the resolution states that "The Airport Advisory Board shall have no powers or duties other than to serve strictly in an as -needed advisory role to the Airport Manager..." (Section 6(a)). While some of the roles stated in the Resolution may seem rigid, it is necessary to have these established by the City Council in order to clearly establish the roles they expect of management and that of an "advisory" board to prevent miscommunication and misunderstanding by anyone. This will foster efficiency and effectiveness as the City Manager and his staff works to manage the airport. We would like to thank all those who have and are currently serving on the Airport Advisory Board. The work they have done has helped us get to this point in our evolution at the Airport.