2022 Colorado Code
Title 41 - Aeronautics: Aircraft and Airports
Article 3 - Public Airport Authority Law
§ 41-3-105. Board of Commissioners

1. All powers, privileges, and duties vested in or imposed upon any authority organized pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be exercised and performed by and through the board except as otherwise provided by law; but the exercise of any and all executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be by said board delegated and redelegated to any of the officers created or by the board acting under this article.
2. The board of commissioners of an authority created by the formation of a combination shall consist of at least five members, but no more than nine members, representing the counties or municipalities participating in the combination. The authorizing resolution, filed with the director of the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided in section 41-3-104 (1), shall contain a provision as to the representation of the counties and municipalities participating in the combination. The members of the board of an authority created by a combination shall be appointed by resolution of the governing boards of the counties or municipalities that are members of the combination, the initial appointments, at the election of such municipality or county, to be made by the authorizing resolution filed with the director of said division. If the county in which the airport is to be located is not a member of the combination, then the member or members, if any, to which such county is entitled shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of such county. The board created by the independent action of a county shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county, and initial appointments to such board, at the election of the board of county commissioners, may be made in the authorizing resolution filed with the director of said division. Board members from municipalities and counties in this state shall be taxpaying electors, as defined in section 1-1-104 (49), C.R.S., at the time of their appointment, residing in the municipality or county from which appointed. After an authority is organized by the formation of a combination, the inclusion of additional counties or municipalities shall entitle the included municipalities or counties to representation on the same basis as other counties or municipalities. Each member of the board may receive as compensation for his or her services a sum not in excess of sixty dollars per year. No member of the board shall receive any compensation as an employee of the authority or otherwise, other than that provided in this section, and no member of the board shall be interested in any contract or transaction with the authority except in his or her official respective capacity.
3. The term of each member shall be for four years; except that the terms of the members of the first board shall be adjusted so that the terms of one-half of the members shall expire two years thereafter. At the first meeting of the board of a newly formed authority the commissioners shall determine by lot which members shall serve for two-year terms and which shall serve for four-year terms. At the expiration of the term of any commissioner, a new appointment shall be made by the appropriate governing board, and any member may be appointed to succeed himself.
4. A change of residence of a member of the board from a municipality or county in the state to a place outside the municipality that he or she represents, or the county from which he or she is appointed, automatically creates a vacancy on the board as to such municipality or county. Vacancies which may occur on the board through death or resignation of one of the members, or for any other reason, shall be filled in the same manner as provided for the appointment of original members of the board.
5. The board, in addition to any other powers conferred by this article, has the following powers:
   1. To fix the time and place at which its regular meetings shall be held, which place may be located within any municipality or county forming a part of an authority created by a combination, or within the county independently creating such authority, and shall provide for the calling and holding of special meetings; to organize, adopt bylaws and rules of procedure, and select a chairman and pro tem chairman. Notice of time and place designated for all regular meetings shall be posted in at least three places within each municipality and county forming a part of the authority if created by the formation of a combination, and, in addition, one such notice shall be posted, irrespective of the procedure under which the authority is created, in the county courthouse in the county wherein the airport is located and in the county creating the authority. Such notices shall remain posted and shall be changed in the event that the time or place of such regular meeting is changed. Special meetings may be called by any officer or member of the board by informing the other members of the date, time, and place of such meeting and the purpose for which it is called, and by posting as provided in this paragraph (a) at least three days previous to said meeting. All business of the board shall be conducted only during such regular or special meetings, and all of such meetings shall be open to the public.
   2. To make and pass resolutions and orders not repugnant to the constitution of the United States; the state; an adjoining state, if a combination includes a municipality or county from the adjoining state; or other provisions of this article, necessary for the government and management of the affairs of the authority, and the execution of the powers vested in the authority and for carrying into effect the provisions of this article. On all resolutions the rolls shall be called and the ayes and nays recorded. Resolutions and orders may be adopted by viva voce vote, but on demand of any member the roll shall be called.
   3. To record all resolutions, as soon as may be after their passage, in a book kept for that purpose and authenticate them by the signature of the presiding officer of the board and the clerk thereof. Any resolution may at the election of the board be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein the airport is located within ten days of the date of passage and adoption, and shall become effective, if so provided, upon the date of such publication.
   4. To transact business only if a quorum of sixty percent of the board is present at a regular or special meeting; but all questions involving the inclusion or exclusion of a municipality or county in or from the authority or authorizing any expenditures in excess of ten thousand dollars shall require the affirmative majority vote of the board, and all other questions shall require the affirmative vote of not less than fifty percent of the board;
   5. To fix the location of the principal place of business of the authority and the location of all offices and departments maintained thereunder, the location thereof to be at such place as the board deems best;
   6. To prescribe by resolution a system of business administration; to create any and all necessary offices; to establish and reestablish the powers and duties and compensation of all officers and employees; and to require and fix the amount of all official bonds necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the authority;
   7. To employ clerical, legal, consulting, and engineering assistance and labor, and to delegate and redelegate to such employees the powers conferred by this article, under such conditions and restrictions as shall be fixed by the board to authorize such employees to bind the authority by contract;
   8. To prescribe a method of auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and demands and a method for the letting of contracts on a fair and competitive basis for the construction of works, structures, or equipment or the performance or furnishing of labor, materials, or supplies as required for the carrying out of any of the purposes of this article; but, in cases where the amount involved is fifty thousand dollars or more, the board shall provide for the letting of contracts to the lowest responsible bidder after publication in the official newspaper of notices inviting bids, subject to the right of said board to reject any and all proposals and to readvertise for bids as provided in this section. The procedures above described shall be subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners of any county independently creating an authority under the provisions of this article, and any action on the part of the board to raise or increase revenue from any source whatsoever for the purposes of the authority shall also be subject to such approval. The board shall be bound to carry out any action requested by the board of county commissioners.
   9. To constitute and appoint an official newspaper in this state to be used for the official publications of the authority; but nothing in this section shall prevent the board from directing publication in additional newspapers or other periodicals which public necessity may so require or indicate.

6. Where the state, pursuant to section 41-3-104 (7), joins in the creation of an airport authority authorized by this article or joins an existing airport authority created pursuant to this article, the state shall be entitled to such number of members of the board of commissioners as may be agreed upon by the creating parties or present parties of the authority and the state, as the case may be, but in no case shall the state be entitled to less than one member of the board of commissioners. The state member or members of the board of commissioners shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate.

Source: L. 65: p. 168, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 5-5-5. L. 69: pp. 102, 106, §§ 4, 5, 4. L. 73: p. 192, § 1. L. 76: (1) and (2) amended, p. 608, § 35, effective July 1. L. 80: (2) amended, p. 417, § 37, effective January 1, 1981. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1794, § 94, effective June 6. L. 2004: (5)(h) amended, p. 54, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2016: (2), (4), (5)(b), and (5)(i) amended, (SB 16-168), ch. 164, p. 523, § 3, effective August 10.