NEW ORLEANS AVIATION BOARD

New Orleans City Code ch. 22, art. II

in effect

New Orleans City Code § 22-36 Established; members.

Sec. 22-36. - Established; members. There is hereby created a municipal board to be known as the New Orleans Aviation Board, which shall be so constituted and have such powers, duties and functions as set forth in this article. The aviation board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the council, for terms of five years, so arranged that the term of one member shall expire each year. (Code 1956, § 4-1)

New Orleans City Code § 22-37 Committees.

Sec. 22-37. - Committees. The aviation board may designate and appoint from among its members various committees with such powers and duties as the board may prescribe. (Code 1956, § 4-2)

New Orleans City Code § 22-38 Employees.

Sec. 22-38. - Employees. The aviation board may fix the number of its paid employees and regulate their compensation, subject to the approval of the council. (Code 1956, § 4-3)

New Orleans City Code § 22-39 Meetings.

Sec. 22-39. - Meetings. The aviation board shall meet at least quarterly, in each year, but other meetings may be held at any time by the board on the written request of at least three members of the board, on the call of the president or upon the request of the mayor. (Code 1956, § 4-4)

New Orleans City Code § 22-40 Operation of airports, etc.

Sec. 22-40. - Operation of airports, etc. The aviation board shall have the custody of and shall be charged with the administration, operation and maintenance of all municipally owned airports or other aviation facilities, including particularly the New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field) in Jefferson Parish, and any further airports or aviation facilities, which may hereafter be constructed, operated and maintained by the city under authority of law. (Code 1956, § 4-5)

New Orleans City Code § 22-41 Rules and regulations.

Sec. 22-41. - Rules and regulations. The aviation board may adopt all necessary rules and regulations to enable it to perform its functions. (Code 1956, § 4-6)

New Orleans City Code § 22-42 Power and authority generally.

Sec. 22-42. - Power and authority generally. The aviation board shall have the fullest power, authority and responsibility permitted by the charter of the city, consistent with ordinances heretofore adopted and with its contractual obligations with airline lessees of New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field), to: (1) Administer, operate and maintain all municipal airports and aviation facilities; (2) Represent the city in all technical matters pertaining to aeronautics, in consultation with state, national or international aeronautic offices or agencies. (Code 1956, § 4-12.1)

New Orleans City Code § 22-43 Execution of contracts, granting concessions.

Sec. 22-43. - Execution of contracts, granting concessions. In the carrying out of its rights, duties and responsibilities the aviation board, acting through its proper officers, shall have full power to execute contracts and grant concessions appertaining to airport property and operations, which contracts and concession grants, when duly executed by such board, shall be binding upon and represent commitments regarding the same on the part of the city. (Code 1956, § 4-12.2)

New Orleans City Code § 22-44 Purchase of property.

Sec. 22-44. - Purchase of property. The aviation board shall have full power, in accordance with law, to purchase movable property of all kinds and nature deemed by the board necessary for the exercise of its functions; provided, however, that, when practicable, purchases of movable property may be coordinated with the department of finance in order to secure the benefits of quantity purchases. Immovable property shall be acquired by the department of finance upon the recommendation of the department of property management. Plans for the improvement of the airport shall be approved by the city planning commission. (Code 1956, § 4-12.3)

New Orleans City Code § 22-45 Separate system of accounts.

Sec. 22-45. - Separate system of accounts. Due to the needs of special accounting requirements in connection with leases with tenants of the airport, particularly the airline lessees, and in complying with Federal Aviation Agency requirements resulting from grant agreements with the Federal Aviation Agency, which grant agreements, amendments and supplements thereto the aviation board is hereby specifically authorized to execute with the Federal Aviation Agency and by the execution of the same bind the city as therein specified, such board is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a separate system of accounts and the department of finance is hereby expressly authorized to approve such system of accounts under section 4-1301(o) of the city charter. (Code 1956, § 4-12.4)

New Orleans City Code § 22-46 Employment of special consultants and assistants.

Sec. 22-46. - Employment of special consultants and assistants. In furtherance of the rights, duties and responsibilities of the aviation board set forth herein, such board is specifically authorized, subject to applicable civil service laws and regulations, to employ such special consultants and assistants, including real estate agents and appraisers, negotiators, engineers, surveyors and attorneys, as such board, in its discretion, may deem appropriate, subject to the requirement that the employment of any special counsel by such board shall be subject to council approval, as provided in section 4-403 of the charter. (Code 1956, § 4-12.5)

New Orleans City Code § 22-47 Revolving fund.

Sec. 22-47. - Revolving fund. (a) There is hereby established a revolving fund, in accordance with section 6-208 of the charter of the city, to be designated as the "Revolving Fund of the New Orleans Aviation Board" into which money shall be paid and which shall be administered as hereinafter set forth. (b) All funds on hand on the effective date of the ordinance from which this section was derived in the "City of New Orleans Aviation Board Account," created by Ordinance No. 15,839 C.C.S., and all revenues accruing on and after that date from the operations of the municipal airports and aviation facilities, including all concessions and other operations located on any property of the city dedicated to the airport and other aviation purposes, shall be placed in the fund established by this section and deposited to the account of such fund in a bank which has been designated as a city depository in accordance with the procedure set forth in the city charter. (Code 1956, § 4-12.6)

New Orleans City Code § 22-48 Collection of revenues, etc.

Sec. 22-48. - Collection of revenues, etc. The council hereby authorizes and approves the delegation by the director of the department of finance to the aviation board of the functions of collecting all revenues described in section 22-47 and awarding all concessions located on property of the city which is dedicated to airport or other aviation purposes. (Code 1956, § 4-12.7)

New Orleans City Code § 22-49 Annual budget; use of funds of revolving fund.

Sec. 22-49. - Annual budget; use of funds of revolving fund. The aviation board shall prepare, in accordance with its accounting records, adopt and submit annually to the council, not later than November 1 in each year, a budget of revenues and expenditures for the following calendar year, which shall be first approved by the council before any disbursements are made therefrom. This annual budget may, from time to time, be amended by the board. Funds placed in the revolving fund of the board shall be used exclusively: (1) First, for the payment of the expenses of administering, operating and maintaining the municipal airports and aviation facilities in accordance with the annual or amended budget of revenues and expenditures adopted by the board after publication thereof in the official journal of the city and after approval thereof by the council; (2) Second, for the further development of any municipally-owned airports and aviation facilities; and (3) Third, for the retirement in principal and interest of any bonds issued by the city in accordance with the vote of the property taxpayers of the city for the construction or further development of any airport or airports or aviation facilities belonging exclusively to the city. (Code 1956, § 4-12.8)

New Orleans City Code § 22-50 Expenditures from revolving fund.

Sec. 22-50. - Expenditures from revolving fund. Expenditures from the revolving fund of the aviation board, established by section 22-47, shall be made by the department of finance upon submission by properly designated officers of the board of evidence that the articles or services for which payment is requested have been procured, received or rendered in accordance with law and that payment therefor is due, in accordance with the budget of revenues and expenditures provided for in section 22-49; provided, however, that in cases of emergency the chairman or vice-chairman of the board is hereby authorized to make changes in budgeted expenditures and requisition the department of finance accordingly, on condition that the budget of revenues and expenditures shall be amended promptly thereafter by the board as provided in section 22-49. (Code 1956, § 4-12.9)

New Orleans City Code § 22-51 Permanent physical improvements.

Sec. 22-51. - Permanent physical improvements. The aviation board shall each year submit to the city planning commission, on or before August 15th, a list of all expenditures for permanent physical improvements it is making or proposes to make during the succeeding five years for inclusion in the capital program and capital budget; provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict the board's authority to make expenditures from its revolving fund for maintenance and renewal and replacement purposes on aviation properties under its administration in accordance with section 22-49. (Code 1956, § 4-12.10)

New Orleans City Code § 22-52 Quarterly statement and annual audit.

Sec. 22-52. - Quarterly statement and annual audit. After each calendar quarter the aviation board shall file with the council a detailed statement of its receipts and of its expenditures, predicated upon its annual or amended budget and annually the accounts of the board shall be audited and a report thereof filed with the council. (Code 1956, § 4-13)

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