AGENDA CATEGORY: General Business
SUBJECT:
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An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Amending Title 3 of the Erie Municipal Code to Establish an Airport Advisory Board
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PRESENTER: Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
TIME ESTIMATE: 30 Minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL INFORMATION: N/A
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt the proposed Ordinance
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
During the Board of Trustees May 12 meeting, some Board members expressed interest in forming an Airport advisory board. The Board agreed to discuss the matter further. During the Board's June 2 meeting, the Board discussed the purpose of such an advisory group and whether the group should be an task force, ad hoc committee or an ongoing advisory board. A majority of the Board expressed support for an ongoing advisory board focused on economic development at the airport. The Board asked the Town Administrator Fleming to work with Jason Hurd, the Town's contract Airport Manager, Scott deLuise, Erie resident and member of the Metro Denver Aviation Coalition, Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director, and Ben Pratt, Economic Development Director to draft for Board consideration a resolution forming an airport advisory board.
The Town's other advisory boards were each established by adopting an ordinance amending Title 3 (Boards and Commissions) of the Town's Municipal Code to set the purpose and duties, membership, and other provisions relevant to each board. Using that approach as a template, comparing the structure and focus of other airport advisory boards in Colorado, and consulting with the working group of Hurd, deLuise, Fessenden and Pratt, Town Administrator Fleming worked with Town Attorney Kendra Carberry to prepared the proposed Ordinance.
Adopting the Ordinance would establish an Airport...
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