On Tuesday, City Manager Drew Sanders presented an ordinance reestablishing the airport advisory board, a committee dissolved two decades ago.
Speaking before the City Council, he cited increased public interest in the Cortez Municipal Airport, including among youths, as the impetus for the revival of the committee.
The committee, he added, would function much like others already established within the city.
“That would be the same structure, the same amount of people,” Sanders said. “We did put in this ordinance an allowance for a youth member out there, especially where we’ve got so many youth that are getting into aviation around here.”
The advisory board would consist of five voting members and one youth non-voting member, all required to be residents of Montezuma County. City Council would need to approve their appointment. The board would meet monthly to review necessary concerns and make recommendations to city government in relation to the Cortez Municipal Airport.
City Council unanimously approved the ordinance on Tuesday. It awaits a second reading and public hearing on April 14 before the board can be established.
“We have had a lot of interest in trying to get more voices out there at the airport to help us make decisions in how we proceed with the growth of that airport,” Sanders said.
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