Wednesday, November 25, 2009

17 vie for seats on airport board

Aviation Advisory Commission will have 5 members

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By PAT MURPHY
Express Staff Writer

The Blaine County Commission has set aside the better part of two days next week for closed-door interviews of 17 nominees to fill five seats on the new Blaine County Aviation Advisory Commission.

The county commissioners have not released their names, but stated that they may be made public prior to the interviews. Four women are among the group.

Interviews will be conducted between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, and Friday, Dec. 4, in commission chambers, with hour-and-a-half breaks for lunch each day.

Because sessions involve personnel, the commissioners are permitted by law to conduct executive sessions closed to the public.

The Aviation Advisory Commission is a new body with five seats, created to work alongside the five-member Friedman Memorial Airport Authority, but without any decision-making powers, for up-close orientation on managing the airport, especially during planning for a replacement airport for Friedman.

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The strictest requirement to become a member of the advisory commission is to pledge to work for development of a new airfield, and not oppose it. This was inserted in the list of qualifications to prevent nomination of relocation critics who prefer to see the present Friedman remain open.