[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.010), 5-18-1992]
An Airport Board is hereby created and established to consist
of five (5) members who shall serve without compensation. The officers
of the Board shall be a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a Secretary and
a Treasurer. The officers shall be elected by the Board from its members
and shall serve until the day following the first (1st) Monday in
May in the year following the election.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.020), 5-18-1992]
The members shall serve for a term of five (5) years, except
as provided for the initial appointments to said Board. The first
(1st) members of the Board shall be appointed for the following respective
terms: one (1) member for five (5) years; one (1) member for four
(4) years; one (1) member for three (3) years; one (1) member for
two (2) years; and one (1) member for one (1) year. The terms of office
for such members shall expire on the day following the first (1st)
Monday in May of the year during which such terms expire and they
are to serve during their respective terms and until the successor
for the respective members shall be appointed and qualified. Members
are subject to removal, with or without cause at any time, by the
Mayor with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to
the Board of Aldermen and may be so removed by a two-thirds (2/3)
vote of all members elected to the Board of Aldermen independently
of the Mayor's approval or recommendation. Vacancies shall be filled
by appointment for the unexpired term only. Members of said Board
shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.030), 5-18-1992]
The Board shall meet quarterly in regular public session in
the City Hall or in the Airport Administration Building. Special meetings
may be called by the Chairman upon notice to the members. Minutes
of each meeting shall be kept and shall list the source and amount
of each item of funds received since the last previous meeting, shall
list each expenditure by payee and amount that shall have been made
since the last previous meeting, and shall show the amount of all
bank balances. Such minutes shall be kept as a permanent record and
a copy thereof shall be filed with the City Clerk. Three (3) members
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular
or special meeting of the Board and action by the Board shall be based
on a majority vote of all members of the Board.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.040), 5-18-1992]
A.
The Board
shall have control and management of the facilities of the Dexter
Municipal Airport and all property belonging to or comprising such
airport and shall maintain and operate the runways, buildings and
grounds in an efficient and businesslike manner. The airport facilities
shall be operated and maintained in accordance with applicable rules
and regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration and any agreements
in effect with the Federal Aviation Administration as the representative
of the United States of America.
1.
It shall
be among the purposes of the Board to manage, control and negotiate
for the lease and rental of the airport properties and premises available
for lease and rental; to make necessary repairs and improvements;
and to charge for and to receive money from leases, rentals or sales
causing all receipts to be deposited in a fund designated as the Airport
Fund.
2.
The
Board is hereby authorized to negotiate for the renting for agricultural
purposes any portion of the open land and area not required for the
efficient operation of the airport and to negotiate for the renting
of other portions of the premises and the buildings on the airport.
3.
Upon
request, the Board shall report to the Board of Aldermen on any specified
matter pertain to the functions of the Board.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.050), 5-18-1992; Ord. No. 4721 §1, 8-5-2013]
The Board shall cause all money, revenue, rents and profits
derived from the Dexter Municipal Airport and the operation there
to be deposited in the Airport Fund. Said Airport Fund shall be used
only for airport and aviation purposes. All warrants or checks for
disbursements shall be signed by one (1) designated officer of the
Airport Board and one (1) City officer. No payment shall be made unless
the expenditure shall be duly authorized by the Board. It shall be
the duty of the Board to keep books of account showing accurate entries
of the receipts and expenditures of the Board in such manner as to
enable such records to be understood and investigated and to preserve
in its files the approved vouchers for all its expenditures. The Board
shall provide the Board of Aldermen with a semi-annual report of receipts
and disbursements and an annual report showing money received by the
Board, the source from whom received, and a detailed itemized statement
of all money expended, to whom paid and for what purposes. The Board
shall have an annual audit made and shall furnish a copy of such audit
to the City of Dexter.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.060), 5-18-1992]
All books, records, papers and documents of the Board shall
be kept in the office of the Dexter City Administration Building,
and shall be open for public inspection.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.070), 5-18-1992]
The Board may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for
the operation of the municipal airport.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.080), 5-18-1992]
Every person, firm or corporation operating aircraft from the
Dexter Airport for hire or for profit, and who shall engage in any
commercial pursuit thereon, shall first procure a permit from the
Secretary of the Airport Board of said airport, which said permit
shall be issued by said Secretary upon approval by the Board based
upon application therefor duly made out by any such person, firm or
corporation upon blanks furnished by the Secretary of the said Airport
Board.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.090), 5-18-1992]
Any such commercial user shall, upon request of the Airport
Board, file with the Secretary of the Airport Board a copy of liability
insurance covering said operator and his/her aircraft. Such liability
insurance shall cover public liability and property damage in the
amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, two
million dollars ($2,000,000.00) aggregate.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.100), 5-18-1992]
All persons, firms or corporations using said airport as a fixed
base for operation shall file a financial statement with the Airport
Board as the same may be requested by said Board from time to time.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.110), 5-18-1992]
A permit fee shall be charged at the rate of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) per year per plane up to three (3) planes for spraying and
dusting purposes and for each and every applicant using and operating
over three (3) planes for spraying and dusting, a fee of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for each such additional plane shall be charged
per year. The said Board, in case of an emergency when the same shall
be by it so determined, may have a right to charge the usual rate
of twenty-five ($25.00) per year per plane over and above the first
three (3) planes, thus waiving the one hundred dollar ($100.00) requirement
for such additional plane.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.120), 5-18-1992]
A permit shall be required by each commercial user of a plane by a fixed base operator but no charge shall be made for charter use, whether hauling passengers or freight. However, any person, firm or corporation using a plane for such charter use shall procure insurance as provided in Section 140.090 hereof.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.130), 5-18-1992]
All fees to be charged hereunder shall be paid in advance by
the applicant and upon failure or refusal to pay any such fee or fees
or a refusal or failure to comply with the rules and regulations and
orders of said Board and for violations of this Chapter, the use of
said airport to such applicant or permittee may be denied. The Airport
Board shall reserve the right to cancel or revoke any permits so issued
by it to any user of said airport for cause.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.140), 5-18-1992]
The use of the Dexter Airport for commercial purposes as above
set forth shall be for base operators only and no such base operator
shall be granted a permit hereunder less he/she shall have at least
a capital investment on said airport of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)
in fixtures and equipment.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.150), 5-18-1992]
Nothing in these rules and regulations shall be construed to
prevent the use of the airport by private planes operating without
profit.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.170), 5-18-1992]
No person shall operate nor drive any vehicle (other than airplanes),
farm implement, machinery, team or livestock across, upon, over or
along the runways or taxi strips located on the Dexter Municipal Airport.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.180), 5-18-1992]
No person shall place any object or leave any object, other
than airplanes, on the runways or taxi strips located on the Dexter
Municipal Airport.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.190), 5-18-1992]
No person shall stand upon or lie down upon the runways or taxi
strips located on the Dexter Municipal Airport.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.200), 5-18-1992]
No person shall enter upon, go across or travel on or along
the runways or taxi strips now located on the Dexter Municipal Airport
when an airplane is landing upon or about to land upon or is about
to leave the Dexter Municipal Airport.
[Ord. No. 3758 §1(26.210), 6-5-1995]
Any person, partnership, corporate or other legal entity that
leases an aircraft hangar at Dexter Municipal Airport is prohibited
from storing aviation fuel, gasoline or other flammable liquids at
the leased facility; provided however, that such person, partnership,
corporation or other legal entity which has received permission from
the Airport Board to install a storage tank for aviation fuel on the
leased premises and which has constructed and utilized such storage
tank prior to the passage of this Section may continue to use such
storage tank unless such use is abandoned for ninety (90) consecutive
days, at which time such person, partnership, corporation or other
legal entity shall be prohibited from maintaining aviation fuel on
the leased premises.
