City and county officials also gave a nod to an airport governance agreement.
During a meeting Wednesday that lasted more than three hours, the Kerrville City Council and Kerr County commissioners each approved a three-year plan for shared services including fire, EMS, library, airport and animal control.
The plan includes the county’s contribution for library services to be reduced by $100,000 for the next two fiscal years and be sustained at $200,000 after that.
It also includes the county picking up the total costs of animal control after three years. The county also will pick up the tab on all the airport’s operating costs after three years; however, the city and county will split the airport’s capital improvement costs 50-50.
After months without an airport governance agreement, finally a new one is in place.
For at least the last six months, the three-member Kerr County/Kerrville Joint Airport Board has been asking and waiting for an interlocal agreement on the governance of the airport and for more members from the city and county.
With the new agreement in place, the city and county must reappoint Stephen King, Roger Bobertz and Frederick Vogt to the airport board. Members of the governing bodies are expected to do this in their meetings next week.
The airport board will solicit applications and recommend two new board members for approval to both the city and county.
The new airport governance agreement places the responsibility of hiring and overseeing an airport manager in the board’s hands.
In June, the Kerrville City Council voted to terminate its agreement to manage the day-to-day operations of the airport.
The airport board could again contract with the city to manage the day-to-day operations.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Alyson Chapman
Quelle/Source: The Daily Times, 07.08.2008
