HomeMy WebLinkAbout620099.tiffADOPTING BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE 'VELD COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County,
Colorado, adopt the by-laws, rules and regulations governing the Weld County
Municipal Airport, copy of which is attached and made a part of this resolution.
The above and foregoing resolution was,
adopted by the following vote!
DATED• SEPTEMBER 5, 1962
AYES:
on motion duly made and seconded,
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WHE BOARD OF COUNT COMM SSIONERS
ELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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BY-LAWS
of
WELD COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOARD
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT
The Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado
and the City Council of the City of Greeley, Colorado, by Resolution
of June 5, 1962, appointed the seven initial members of the Board
of Directors.
The Resolution, among other things, did order:
1. That the Board of Directors organize themselves and state
their own respective terms.
2. That the control and maintenance of said Weld County
Municipal Airport, heretofore conducted by the City of Greeley,
be, and hereby is, turned over to said Board of Directors for
the Weld County Municipal Airport, same to become effective
July 1,
3.
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1962.
It shall be
understood that said Weld County Municipal
includes and is hereby defined as being the airport
strips, taxi strips, grounds, equipment, and all main
and auxiliary buildings.
-f. A budget shall be prepared annually; said budget shall
include all anticipated income and all anticipated expenditures;
and further, said budget shall show recommended expenditures
of County and City funds for capital improvements. Said budget
shall be approved annually by vote of the County Commissioners
and the City Council.
That all income monies received for the benefit of said
Airport shall be deposited with the Treasurer of said Board to
the credit of said Weld County Municipal Airport fund and shall
be paid out only upon warrants ordered drawn by said Board upon
sworn vouchers approved by said Board; provided that said
expenditures do not exceed the approved budget.
5. The Board shall have the exclusive control of the
expenditure of all monies collected to the credit of the Airport
fund; however, it shall only recommend as to the purchase of site
or sites; the purchase, construction, or enlargement of any
existing building or buildings; but it shall have exclusive control
of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, hangars,
buildings purchased, constructed, leased, or set apart for that
purpose.
Title to all lands upon which such Airport is maintained
shall be in the County and City jointly.
6. Resolution provides that the Board of the Weld County
Municipal Airport shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and
regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the
airport as they may deem expedient for the economic and equitable
conduct thereof, not inconsistent with any and all aviation
authorities.
7. That said Weld County Municipal Airport shall be for
the benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Greeley and all
Weld County and all who use such facilities shall abide by the
rules and regulations prescribed by such Board in order to render
the use of said Airport of the greatest benefit to the greatest
number.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
Said Airport Board shall have the power to appoint a suitable
superintendent or manager, or both, and necessary assistants,
clerical and other help and shall fix their compensation, and
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shall also have power to remove such appointees, and shall, in
general, carry out the spirit and intent of this act in establishing
and maintaining the Weld County Municipal Airport.
Such Airport Board shall hold meetings at least once each
month keeping a complete record of all its proceedings, and four
members of said Board shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business.
One of said Board members shall visit and examine said
Airport at least twice each month and the Airport Board shall,
during the fourth week in each January and July of each year,
file jointly with the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County and with the City Council of the City of Greeley, a
report of their proceedings with reference to such Airport and
a statement of all receipts and expenditures during the half
year; and shall, on or before each September 1st, certify to the
Board of County Commissioners and to the City Council of the
City of Greeley, the amount necessary to maintain and improve
said Airport for the ensuing year.
No Board member shall have a personal pecuniary interest,
either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any supplies
or equipment for said Airport, unless the same are purchased
by competitive bidding.
That said Board members shall, within ten days after their
appointment, qualify by taking the oath of office. They shall
annually, the 1st day of July, elect one of their number as
president, one as vice-president, one member as secretary and
one as treasurer. No bond shall be required of them.
No Board member shall receive any compensation for services
performed, but may receive reimbursement for any expenditures
actually made for personal expenses incurred as such Board member
and an itemized statement of all such expenses and money paid
out shall be made under oath by such Board member and filed with
the secretary and allowed only by the affirmative vote of the
Board members present at a meeting of the Board.
Vacancies in the Board of Directors occasioned by removals,
resignations, or otherwise, shall be
County Commissioners of Weld County,
the City of Greeley, and be filed in
reported to the Board of
and to the City Council of
like manner as original
appointments. Any Board member may be removed for cause, by
the Board of County Commissioners or by the City Council of
the City of Greeley.
ARTICLE III
GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors, as a body corporate, is an instru-
mentality of Weld County, Colorado, and
Colorado, for the purpose of conducting
Airport. The employees are selected by
accordance with a salary scale approved
of the City of Greeley,
the Weld County Municipal
the Board and paid in
by the Board.
The duties of the Board of Directors, as the governing body,
are in general:
1. To determine the policies of the Airport in relation to
community needs.
2. To require that proper aviation standards are maintained
in operating said Airport.
3. To provide adequate financing for the operation of the
Airport and to require that business -like methods be employed
in the expenditure of, and accounting for, all monies.
4. To provide necessary runways, taxiing strips, buildings,
equipment and supplies for the care and maintenance and other
activities of the Airport.
5. To employ a properly qualified manager.
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6. To require the manager to conduct the Airport in such
a manner as to secure and continuously have and enjoy the approval
of all aviation authorities, both federal and state.
7. The Board of Directors shall set the rates to be charged
for all rentals and other charges having to do with the use of
Airport and Airport facilities and no change from the established
schedule shall be permitted in making charges to the various users
of said facilities, lessees, and others; except that the manager
may make allowances when, in his opinion, such action is
justifiable. Any adjustments or allowances made by the manager
shall be reported to the Board of Directors at the next meeting
thereof for their approval or denial.
8. The Board of Directors shall prescribe a wage scale for
each of the several classifications of employees, stating the
maximum base rate which may be paid.
9. The Board of Directors shall require that all responsible
employees be bonded and shall set the amount of bond.
ARTICLE IV
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
At the regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors,
held in the month of July of each year, after appointment of new
members to the Board of Directors by the Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Weld and the City Council of
the City of Greeley, the Board of Directors shall elect their
president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer.
1. PRESIDENT - The president shall preside at all meetings
of the Board. He shall appoint all standing and special committees
and shall be ex -officio a member of all such committees, unless
otherwise ordered. He shall sign all contracts, agreements, and
other legal documents and all orders drawn upon the treasurer
(excepting current operating accounts), when approved by the
Board; and shall perform such other duties as may be required
by the By-laws. The president shall not succeed himself in office.
2. VICE-PRESIDENT - The vice-president shall perform the
duties of president whenever the president is, for any reason,
absent or unable to serve.
3. SECRETARY - The secretary shall keep the minutes of the
proceedings of the Board; shall notify members of all regular
meetings of the Board at least one day in advance; shall notify
members of their appointment on committees; shall have charge of
the correspondence of the Board; and shall perform such other duties
as usually pertain to the office.
The secretary shall be charged with the custody of all
papers and documents relating to the property of the Airport.
He shall cause to be kept such accounts as may be necessary to
show the receipts and expenditures and financial condition of
the Airport or as may be required by the Board, and shall make
a report at each regular meeting of the actual financial condition
of the Airport on the first day of the current month.
4. TREASURER - The treasurer shall be custodian of all
Airport funds and shall pay out of said funds only upon properly
drawn warrants supported by sworn and approved vouchers.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES
1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The president, secretary of the Board of Directors, and
one other member shall constitute the Executive Committee with
power to carry on the affairs of the Airport between the meetings
of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep
minutes of its meetings.
The Executive Committee shall make a report to the Board
of any action taken by it in the interim between the meetings of
the Board of Directors.
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2. STANDING COMMITTEES
The president shall, at the annual meeting, appoint the
following Standing Committees:
a. FINANCE COMMITTEE - The Finance Committee shall
concern itself with all financial activities of the
Airport, including the budget and any unusual expenditures.
The Finance Committee shall also be interested in
accounting methods employed and shall prescribe the form
and content of financial and statistical reports.
b. BUILDING COMMITTEE - It shall be the duty and function
of the Building Committee to consider all matters
pertaining to new construction, alterations of the
present physical facilities, and of the purchase of
permanently installed equipment.
c. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - The Personnel Committee shall deal
with such matters of internal administration as may be
referred or delegated to it from time to time by the
Board of Directors. All deliberations regarding internal
administration or personnel shall be in conference with
the manager and the Committee shall exercise no
administrative authority nor in any manner deal directly
with personnel of the Airport.
Appointments of personnel shall be referred to the
Personnel Committee for recommendation before being presented
to the Board of Directors. This Committee shall consider
all assignments pertaining to services rendered to the
Airport and shall receive and consider the recommendations
of the manager in this regard.
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d. PURCHASING COMMITTEE - It shall be the duty and
function of the Purchasing Committee to investigate all
purchases by said Airport. It shall consider items that
represent capital investment and recommend that they be,
or be not, purchased. This Committee shall also concern
itself with all phases of the purchasing plan.
e. GROUNDS COMMITTEE - The Grounds Committee shall study
the area of the Airport property and recommend the
installation of runways, taxi strips, parking lots and
driveways to afford the best and most economical circulation
of traffic. It shall also be the duty of this Committee
to study and propose the kind and type of landscaping
needed to harmonize with the surroundings.
f. PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE - The Committee on Public
Relations shall be responsible for the education of the
public in matters pertaining to the Airport. Its function
shall be to familiarize the community with the services
offered by the Airport and to develop and maintain a
proper relationship between the Airport and the community.
ARTICLE VI
MEETINGS
1. REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Airport shall be held on the second Monday of each month at such
times as may be indicated in the call.
2. SPECIAL MEETINGS
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the
president, vice-president, or any three members, provided every
member shall receive twenty-four hours notice of such meeting
or shall waive such notice.
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ARTICLE VII
MANAGER
1. APPOINTMENT
The Manager of the Airport shall be appointed by and be
responsible only to the Board of Directors. He shall be responsible
for the management of the Airport and the coordination of all
activities thereof.
2. STANDARDS
The manager shall be required to operate or conduct the
Airport and to coordinate all activities thereof in accordance
with any and all aviation authorities, both federal and state.
To this end, the manager shall promulgate and issue such rules
and regulations and shall prescribe such procedures and techniques
for the management and operation of the Airport as may be necessary
to fully meet and maintain these standards, submitting such rules,
regulations, etc. to the Board of Directors for review and
confirmation or denial at the meeting of the Board of Directors
next following date of issue.
3. ENFORCEMENT OF BY-LAWS
The manager shall see that all By-laws are complied with
and shall enforce all rules and regulations of the Airport.
4. INTERPRETATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
In all cases of disputed authority or uncertainty as to
the meaning of those By-laws or the rules and regulations of the
Airport, the decision of the manager shall be operative until a
ruling shall have been rendered by the Board of Directors or
the Executive Committee thereof.
5. APPOINT ALL PERSONNEL
The manager shall have the authority to appoint, hire
and dismiss all employees and to regulate the hours of work with
approval of the Board.
6. PRESCRIBE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES
The manager, after consultation with, and the advice of
the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, shall prescribe
all procedures, standards, methods or techniques bearing upon
the care and maintenance of said Airport.
ARTICLE VIII
DEPARTMENTS OF THE AIRPORT
Ths manager shall organize such departments as may be
necessary for the purpose of proper and efficient functioning of
the Airport. Each department shall be headed by a person who
is competent, capable and qualified in the management of that
department. Each department head shall be selected and employed
by the manager and shall be directly responsible to him for the
performance of his or her duties.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Subject to approval of the County Commissioners and the
City Council, these By-laws may be altered and amended at any
meeting of the Board of Directors and call for which gives notice
of such intended amendment. For such action, affirmative vote
of four Directors shall be necessary.
Adopted by the Board of Directors at a meeting held
on August 28, 1962.
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Tom A. Barber, President
Board of Directors
Weld County Municipal Airport
Greeley, Colorado
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