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8511INITIATED ORDINANCE NO. 8511 AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE LITTLE ROCK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT COMMISSION; TO PRESCRIBE THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE, METHOD OF APPOINTMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. There is hereby created a Commission to be known as the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission to be composed of five (5) citizens who are qualified electors of the municipality; at least one (1) of the members shall be experienced in aviation holding some type of pilot aeronautical rating. SECTION 2. Said commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by a three- fourths (3/4) vote of the duly elected and qualified members of the City Council, and shall hold office for a term of five (5) years, provided, however that the commissioners first appointed shall serve for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years each, to be designated by the Mayor and thereafter upon the expiration of their respective terms their successors shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services. No member of such commission created under the provisions of this ordinance shall hold any elective or other appointive office under the municipal, county, state or federal government while a member of said airport commission; provided further that no member of said commission shall engage financially in any aeronautical enterprise while a member of said commission. SECTION 3. Any commissioner appointed by the provisions of this ordinance may be removed upon a three fourths (3/4) vote of the duly elected and qualified members of the City Council. SECTION 4. The commissioners hereinunder appointed shall have full and complete authority to manage, operate, improve, extend and maintain the municipal airport, its related properties and facilities, and shall have full and complete charge of said -2- airport, its related properties and facilities, including the right to employ or remove any and all assistants and employees of whatsoever nature, kind or character and to fix, regulate and pay their salaries, it being the intention of this ordinance to vest in said commissioners unlimited authority to operate, manage, maintain, improve and extend said municipally owned airport, its related properties and facilities, and to have full and complete charge thereof. SECTION 5. All revenue derived from the operation of such airport, or flying field, after paying the operation expenses and maintenance, shall be set aside and used for additional improve- ments of such airport, or for the retirement of bonds and interest thereon issued or advanced made after the passage of this ordinance for the purchase and improvement of such airport or flying field. SECTION 6. The said commissioners shall in addition to the above enumerated powers, have such other and further powers as are no* by law given to the Board of Public Affairs, and they shall be governed by all existing statutes pertaining to the duties of Boards of Public Affairs. SECTION 7. The commissioners shall adopt such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient for the proper operation and management of said municipal airport, its related Properties and facilities and shall have authority to alter, change, or amend such rules and regulations at their discretion. Said Commissioners shall comply or cause to be complied with, all civil air regulations of the Federal and State Government to air worthiness of aircraft, certification of aircraft, and operation of aircraft. They shall protect all the aerial approaches to the airport in so far as it comes within their jurisdiction. SECTION 8. Said commissioners shall keep a record of all revenues and expenditures of the airport, its related properties and facilities, and shall submit monthly reports to the Mayor and City - 3 - Council. It shall be the duty of the Airport Commissioners to prepare and file an annual report of the financial affairs and conditions of such municipal airport, its related properties and facilities, annually between the 15th day of January and the 1st Monday in February thereafter; the said report shall be filed in the office of the Clerk or Recorder of such municipality, and shall be subject to the inspection of any citizen of the State. The report shall set out a full detailed, complete and correct statement of all receipts of every kind since the last preceding report, showing the source thereof, and all disbursements of every kind showing date, amount, number and purposes of each voucher, to whom issued and the date canceled, if canceled. Said report shall show the full financial condition of the airport, its related properties and facilities, and the status of its bonded debt, if any, and of every other detail necessary to a full and thorough understanding from such report, of the actual financial condition of such municipal airport. The report shall be verified by the airport Board of Commissioners. The commissioners shall furnish such other and further reports, data and information as may be requested by the Mlayor or City Council. SFCTTON 9. The Board of Commissioners shall submit to the City annually before the City prepares its budget, the amount of funds necessary* for maintenance, operation, and management, of the municipal airport, its related properties and facilities, above the estimated revenue and the funds remaining on hand. SECTION 10. The said Board of Commissioners shall meet at least monthly, but other meetings may be held at any time by the Board or upon the call of the Mayor and City Council. SECTION 11. The Civil Service ordinance shall not apply to the commissioners or employees of a municipally owned airport, its related properties and facilities. - 4 - SECTION 12. If any section or provision of this ordinance shall be held to be unconstitutional, such holding shall not render the remaining sections or provisions of this ordinance unconstitutional or affect the validity of same. SECTION 13. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the people of the City of Little Rock. PASSED BY Mk JORITY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, NOVEMBER 7, 1950.