Petaluma Municipal Code Ch. 2.60 Airport Commission

An airport commission consisting of seven members is hereby established for this city. (Ord. 1675 NCS §1, 1987.)

A. One of the members of the airport commission shall be a member of, and selected by, the city council; and

one of the members shall be selected by the Petaluma Area Pilots Association, who shall be a resident of the city.

The remaining members shall be appointed by the city council, and with the exception of one member who may

reside outside the city limits, they shall have resided in the city not less than one year prior to their appointment.

B. The one member who may reside outside the city limits must reside at a location that has a Petaluma mailing

address.

(Ord. 1675 NCS §1, 1987.)

A. The member of the airport commission selected from the city council shall serve until the thirtieth day of June

after the member’s appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualiGed, or until the member ceases to

be a member of the city council, whichever occurs Grst.

B. Terms of oIce for each of the other members of such commission hereafter appointed shall be at the

pleasure of the city council, but in no event shall the term exceed four years, saving and excepting the members

appointed under this chapter for such terms ending June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989 and June 30, 1990.

(Ord. 1675 NCS §1, 1987.)

Upon the death, resignation, disability to perform the duties of a member of the airport commission, or upon the

loss of permanent residency from this city, or upon the failure to attend any meetings of the commission for three

consecutive regular meetings, the council shall review and if found to be appropriate, declare the oIce of such

member vacant and thereupon appoint some qualiGed person to Gll such vacancy for the unexpired term of such

member. (Ord. 1675 NCS §1, 1987.)

The airport commission shall perform the duties prescribed in an ordinance, rule or resolution of the city council

enacted as of or after the eJective date of the ordinance codiGed in this chapter, pertaining to the management

and operation of the airport. The airport commission shall also have duties as follows:

A. To, in cooperation with the airport manager, investigate the operation and facilities of the airport so as to

make themselves completely familiar with the operations and facilities in order to better perform the duties

hereafter listed;

B. To make recommendations to the city council in those matters which are properly the subject of formal

action by the council;

C. To direct, within the limitations of the Charter, the operations of the airport;

D. To recommend, within the limitations of the Charter, ways and means of Gnancing changes and additions;

E. To approve or disapprove changes in the methods of operation proposed by the airport manager;

F. To recommend changes of administrative policy and to ensure that the airport manager carries out the

policies as directed;

G. To submit annually, on or before the Grst Monday in May, a tentative budget for the next ensuing Gscal year;

H. To submit annually a completed Gnancial statement correctly recording the operations of the past Gscal year;

I. To recommend capital improvement projects.

(Ord. 1675 NCS §1, 1987.)

commission—Employees—Expenses or obligations limited.

The airport commission shall have the right and duty to adopt such rules and regulations as it shall determine for

the holding and conducting of its meetings and hearings and the selection of its oIcers, and for the performance

of any of its functions or responsibilities. The airport commission shall not have the right to employ any persons

except as provided by, and for which appropriations are made by, the city council pursuant to and in accordance

with budgets adopted by the city council. (Ord. 1675 NCS §1, 1987.)