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
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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
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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.
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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.