PRESENTER: Presenter
Caitlin Krobot, City Secretary
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SUBJECT: Title
Discuss and consider approval of the appointment of two individuals to the Airport Advisory Board for a term ending 5/12/2024.
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DEPARTMENT: City Secretary’s Office
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Airport Advisory Board makes general studies of airport construction, improvement and operation and acts in advisory capacity towards the general improvement of the airport and the advancement of the City as an air transportation center.
The Board is comprised of five regular members that are resident citizens of the city and appointed by a majority of the city council for three-year staggered terms and two regular members that reside in the city or its extra-territorial jurisdiction of the city that have aviation related experience and will be appointed for a three-year term.
The two current openings require aviation experience and one opening may be filled by an applicant living in the ETJ. The City Secretary’s Office advertised the openings from 1/19/21-3/26/21 and received 4 applications.
Two of the applicants live in the ETJ and both have aviation related experience:
• Ronald Diana (incumbent)
• Kurt Andersen-Vie
One applicant is a city resident with aviation related experience:
• Allen Dowling
The fourth applicant does not have aviation related experience and is not eligible to fill the current openings.
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Airport Advisory Board appointments require City Council approval.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the appointment of 2 individuals to the Airport Advisory Board with one appointment being made from the two applicants living in the ETJ.