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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />KITTITAS COUNTY AIRPORT DEPARTMENT <br /> <br /> KITTITAS COUNTY AIRPORT-BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSION AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: November 17, 2020 <br /> <br />TOPIC: Airport Advisory Committee Reorganization <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to approve a resolution dissolving the current <br />Airport Advisory Committee on December 31, 2020. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: <br /> <br />Benjamin West, Director of Airport Operations <br />Ken Grannan, Airport Coordinator <br /> <br />BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: <br /> <br />The Board will recall in February airport staff was asked to consider options to either <br />suspend the Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) permanently or reorganize the <br />committed to better work with the newly hired Director of Airport Operations. Airport <br />Staff worked with Neil Caulkins on a plan for reorganization and presented a Resolution <br />to the Commissioners at the August Airport Study Session that would amend the AAC <br />Charter. The amendments added the Director of Airport Operations as the staff that the <br />AAC would report to and downsized the group to 7 members with two on-call sub- <br />committees under the AAC’s direction. The Board asked that this proposal go back to the <br />AAC for their thoughts on the reorganization. At the August AAC monthly meeting, the <br />AAC made the following recommendations: <br /> <br /> • The AAC desires to strike the two sub-committees, and allow the current <br /> members terms to expire 12/31/2020, <br /> <br /> • The AAC further desires the ability to directly report to the Board of <br /> County Commissioners, <br /> <br /> • The AAC thought downsizing would be appropriate, <br /> <br /> • The AAC requested a chance to speak with the Board of County Commissioners <br /> in a Study Session before any further actions. <br />