HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommForm.1048.05-28-1946 .. . � . . �
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� COIi�ISSIOPi FORI� ORDINANCE N0. /��
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE CAPE GIRARDEAU D�UNICIPAL
.�IRPORT BOARD DEFINING THE JURISDICTION AND FUNCTION
THEHEOF: PROVIDTNG FOR TH� APPROPRIATION OF 1�OiVIES
� TO CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS THEREOF: AUTHORIZING Si�ID
� BOARD TO ADOPT RULES liND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
� U5E OF St�1I D AI RPORT.
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WHEREAS, the City of Cape Girardeau has leased from
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation an airport known as
Harris Field loc�.ted on U. S. Highway 61 south of said city;
and,
WHERE�S, Section 15126, Revised Statutes of D�issouri,
1939 provides that the legislativ� body of any city �hich ha�
acquired, leased or set apart real property for the purpose
of an airport may construct, improve, equip, maintain and operate
the same, or may vest �urisdiction for the construc�ion, improve-
ment, equipment, maintenance and operation thereof, in any
suitable office1; board or bod.y; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable to place
the cons�truction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation
of said airport in a board to be appointed by the City Council,
NUW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, !�S FOLLO�S:
SECTION 1: Thdt there is hereby created a board con-
sistin� of five resident taxpayers of the City of Cape Girardeau
and an ex officio member without vote to be appointed as herein-
after provided by the City Councii which board shall be known �nd
designated as the Cape Girardeau Airport Board.
SECTION 2: The Council shall appoint the five members
of the first board as follows: One member shall b� appointed to
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serv� for a term of six y�ars commencing the ���ay oi����, 1946,
two members for a term of four years each from the � day of
G�1946, and two members shali be appointed for a term of two
years each commencing the � day af��E a�9/�6. Thereafter and as
the term of each member herein fixed shall expire, th� Council shall
appoint his succ�ssor each of whom shall be appointed for a term of
six years �xcept as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 3: The mayor of the City sha11 aet as the ex
officio member of the Board and shall serve in an advisory capacity
and �naintain liaison with the City Council but shall have no vote
in the deliberations of said Board.
SECTION �,: Any member of such Board may be removed at
any time by action of the Council with or without cause, and such
removal shall create a vacancy to be filled as hereinafter
provided.
SEC3'IOT+1 5; In the event a vacancy on said Board occurs
occasioned either by death, resignation, removal or disqualification
for any re�son, the Council shall fill such vacancy by appointing
a new member thereto to serve the balance of the unexpired term.
SECTION b: Such Board shall, within two weeks after
its appointment, meet and at such meeting select among its members
a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer. Such officers
shall serve for a term of one year from their election and each
year there�.fter the Hoard shall again reorganize a.s set out above.
The Chairman shall preside at dll meetings and shall have the
Authority to ca11 meetings at times other than at the regular time
f ixed for meetings as he sees fit. Any action taken at d call
meeting shall ha.ve the sa.me effect as though done at a regular
meeting. The Vice Chairman shall perform the duties of the
Chairman in his absence. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have charge
of and keep an accurate record of all proceedings of �aid Board
and shall be responsible for and handle all financial matters which
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may from time to time be necessary and such other duties as may
hereinafter be provided.
SECTION 7: Said Board is hereby vested with full author-
ity and jurisdiction over the construction, improvement, equipment,
maintenance and oper�tion of the Cape Girardeau �unicipal Airport.
Sdid Board shall have full and complete duthority by resolution
duly passed to enter into any and all contracts, agreements and
leases for the construction, improvement and purchase of Iands and
equipment, provided however, that such funds as may be necessary
therefor shall be derived from the 6irport Fund hereinafter
established.
SECTION $: All monies derived from the operation of 5aid
Airp ort sha11 be paid over to the City Clerk for deposit with the
City Treasurer in a special account known as the Airport fund and
a11 expenses for the operation and maintenance of said Airport shall
be paid out of said special fund upon warrants issued by the
Secretary-Treasurer and countersigned by the Chairman of said Board.
The City Clerk sha11 give his receipt for all monies so delivered to
him.
SECTION 9: In the event said special fund shall be in
excess of the actual maintenance and operation cost �hich might
reasonable be anticipated in the future for a period of one yedr,
the Board shall by resolution duly adopted pay into the general
revenue fund such excess.
SECTIQN 10: In the event th� special fund is insufficient
to properly maintain and operate said airport then the City Council
may in its discretion allot to said fund from the general revenue
fund such monies as may be necessary for the proper operation and
maintenance of said airport. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Board
shall deliver his receipt to the City Clerk for all monies received
througl� action of the City Council.
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SECTION 11: In the event the City Couneil shall deem
the general revenue fund insufficient to dllocate funds to said
Board, the said Board shall t�ke the initiative in submitting to
the City Council, in the manner provided by law, a petition for
the calling a special election on the proposition as to whether
or not bonds shall be issued for the exparision, construction,
improvement, equipment, maintenance and oper�tion of the airport.
Tf such petition shall meet the legal requirements and if after
said special election such proposition shall be carried as pro-
vided by law, then the City Council shall allocate the �roceeds
from the 5ale of said bonds to the Airport Fund for the use of
said Bo�rd in the manner provided for h�rein.
SECTION 12: Said �oard sha11 have the authority to
employ such indiviauals, institutions, partnerships, organizations
or corporations as it shall deem necessary f or the maintenance
and operation of said airport and shdll have authority to, upon
resolution duly adopted, enter into any contract, lease or other
agreement �:ith any individuals, institutions, partnerships,
or�anizations or corpordtions effecting the maintenance and operation
of said airport. Any person employed by such Board as aforesaid
�hal1 be so employed subject to the right of said Bodrd to remove
same witri or without eause at any time. Any contraet, lease or
agreement entered into by said Board with dny person as aforesaid
shall be on such terms as the Board may deem fit. Said Board shall
assume the obligations and rights of the City in and to any contract,
agreement or obligation that may be existing on the effective date
of this ordinance. Ho�ever, all persons now engaged as employee�
of the City of Cape Girardeau shall remain and be sub�ect to the
authority and �urisdiction of said board on the effective date
h�reof.
SECTION 13: Said Boa.rd shall have the right to adopt
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and pass rules and regulations governing the use and operation
of said Airport, provided, however, that before any penalty may be
enforced for the violation of any such ru:Le or regulation the
same shall be approved, authorized and adopted by the City Council
by ord.inance.
SECTIUN 14: Said Board shall each 90 days file with the
City Clerk a complete financial statement shov�ing all funds received
by it, to�ether �ith all monies disbursed by it and tv �rhom dis-
bursed, together wi�h a11 outsta,nding obligations and such other
matt�rs affecting the financial condition of the Airport and �hall
report to the City Council on any matter at any time as may by the
Council be directed. The first of such financial statements shall
be subtnitted 90 days after the organization date of said Board.
SECTION 15: Said Board shall have the authority to adopt
such bylaws governing the conduct of its business as it deems
necessa.ry. It shall set a regular ddte each month for its regular
meetin�; and shall advise the City Clerk of the dat� so set in order
that persons havi� busine5s with said Board wi11 be advised. Each
Board member shall be deemed to occupy a position of Trust in the same
manner as other City officials.
, Passed and approved this ���da of
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after having been given its first • readings on the �_,,'�
aay of , 1946.
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