(A) (1) There is hereby created a board to be known as the Airport Board, which shall consist of four members, one of whom shall, at all times, be a member of the City Council.
(2) The members of this Board shall serve without compensation. The members of this Board shall be appointed by a majority vote of the members of the City Council. The members appointed shall be for a term of three years; all appointments shall terminate on the date of the annual meeting of the Airport Board, as hereinafter provided. All members shall hold office until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.
(3) A vacancy in the office of any member shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but only for the unexpired terms.
(4) All members shall file their acceptance with the City Council within five days after notice of their appointment.
(B) (1) The Airport Board shall meet within one week after members have filed their notices of acceptance of appointment and at the meetings shall organize and elect officers from their members as they may determine.
(2) The Board shall organize in the same manner at their meeting to be held in the month of January in each calendar year. The Board to determine the date during the month when the meeting shall be held and the Board shall meet at such other times as they shall determine it to be necessary, the meeting to be called by the President of the Board by giving oral or written notice one day in advance of the meeting.
(3) The presiding officer of the Board shall be the President and he or she shall preside at all meetings and, in the event of his or her absence, the Vice President shall preside. All contracts, orders and other documents to be executed in behalf of the Board shall be signed by the presiding officer and the Secretary thereof.
(C) (1) The Board shall have charge of the administration, maintenance and control of the Municipal Airport. The Board shall have such traditional powers, duties and responsibilities as shall, by resolution of the City Council from time to time, be granted to the Board. The Board shall have power to receive and accept, according to their terms, all donations for airport purposes; to collect all license fees and other airport income; to establish rules relating to its own procedure and to the administration, maintenance and control of the airport.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to vest any power in the Board to construct any additional airport facilities or structures, the powers to be in the City Council subject to prior approval and recommendation of the Planning Commission. No money shall be expended by the Board without prior approval of the City Council. The Board shall from time to time report to and confer with the City Council on all matters of legislative or administrative character and shall keep a record of its own proceedings. Reports are to be made annually to the Council or more often if required by the Council, an annual report to be made to the Council at its regular meeting in the month of December of each year.
(D) Whenever a majority of the City Council deems, for the best interests of the airport and its affairs, it may remove any member of the Board.
(E) The City Council reserves the right, at all times, to cancel or change any orders or decisions the Board may make in respect to any affairs of the airport.
(Ord. 117, passed 4-1-68)