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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15404 City Clerk's Office Item # M3 Background Paper for Proposed Resolution COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 23, 2023 TO: President Heather Graham and Members of City Council CC: Mayor Nicholas A. Gradisar VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk FROM: Greg Pedroza, Director Aviation SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION REESTABLISHING THE PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (“COMMITTEE”) AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 14575. SUMMARY: A Resolution reestablishing the Pueblo Memorial Airport Advisory Committee (“Committee”) and repealing Resolution No. 14575. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: Pursuant to Resolution No. 14575 (March 8, 2021), the Airport Advisory Committee was reestablished. Pursuant to Resolution No. 15129 (January 23, 2023), two Council Members were appointed to the Airport Advisory Committee for a one year term expiring January 31, 2024. BACKGROUND: When the Airport Advisory Committee was reestablished, it did not provide for City Council representative to the Committee nor corresponding one year term. The proposed resolution addresses this issue, provides for one Council Member representative and makes a corresponding change to the number of representatives that can be recommended by the County of Pueblo from two to one. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: Not applicable to this Resolution. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable to this Resolution. STAKEHOLDER PROCESS: Not applicable to this Resolution. ALTERNATIVES: If City Council does not approve the Resolution, the document authorizing the Committee will remain the same with the conflict noted herein unaddressed. RECOMMENDATION: The Aviation Department recommends approval of this Resolution. ATTACHMENTS: None RESOLUTION NO. 15404 A RESOLUTION REESTABLISHING THE PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (“COMMITTEE”) AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 14575 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that SECTION 1. There is hereby reestablished the Pueblo Memorial Airport Advisory Committee (the “Committee”) as an advisory committee to the Mayor and City Council. The Committee shall consist of eleven (11) members to serve without compensation. The Mayor shall appoint all members of the Committee, subject to Council confirmation. One member shall be a City Council Member and one member shall be a County Commissioner of Pueblo County, Colorado (“Elected Officer Members”). One (1) member shall be a commercial service operator located at the Pueblo Memorial Airport. The Mayor will appoint the commercial service operator who shall serve on the Committee and may base the decision on input from the consortium of commercial service operators at the Airport. SECTION 2. Elected Officer Members shall be appointed for a term of one year commencing in January of any given year. All other committee members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years provided that such members initially shall be appointed for staggered terms. Such members currently serving on the Committee shall continue to serve through the end of their current applicable terms, and such members’ appointments to the Committee are hereby ratified. The Committee shall select its own officers and may adopt bylaws not inconsistent with this Resolution. Where not inconsistent with this Resolution, the Committee’s current bylaws shall continue in effect until such time as they may be amended. SECTION 3. The functions of the Committee shall be as follows: a) To investigate, evaluate, promote, and recommend programs for commercial airlines and general aviation services at Pueblo Memorial Airport. b) To create a community awareness program as to the availability and use of air service at Pueblo Memorial Airport. c) To make periodic reports with respect to its activities to the Mayor and City Council and the Board of Pueblo County Commissioners. SECTION 4. The Committee shall have no regular staff or budget but may request administrative assistance from the Mayor. Subject to funds being appropriated and made available, the Committee may advise the City to engage an air service marketing consultant as an independent contractor upon such terms and conditions as the Mayor and City Council may approve. SECTION 5. Resolution No. 14575 is hereby repealed. SECTION 6. The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent with the intent of this Resolution to effectuate the policies procedures described therein. SECTION 7. Upon final passage and approval, this Resolution shall become effective January 31, 2024. INTRODUCED: October 23, 2023 BY: Vicente Martinez Ortega MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVED: PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL ATTESTED BY: