§ 18-40. Governing body; membership, appointment and terms of office.

(a)

The Board of County Commissioners hereby declares itself to be the Collier County Airport Authority.

(b)

Effective as of the beginning of each fiscal year (October 1), the Authority shall from its members elect a chairman and vice chairman. If an election does not occur, the chairman and vice chairman of the Board of County Commissioners will hold those same positions on the Airport Authority governing board.

(c)

The County's Purchasing Policy and the County's Personnel Rules and Regulations will apply to the Authority except as provided otherwise in the Authority's Administrative Code, as amended from time-to-time.

(d)

The Clerk to the Board shall, to the extent required by law, serve as clerk to the Authority. The Authority, at its discretion, may utilize the services of the Clerk over and above the services the Clerk must perform for the Authority as a matter of law. The Authority shall annually budget and reimburse the Clerk as appropriate for the cost of all services and materials supplied by the Clerk to the Authority. The Authority shall organize its own financial records to facilitate its day-to-day operations and provide financial records in such form and in such manner as required by F.S. ch. 218, and additional requirements, if any, specified in the Authority's Administrative Code. To the extent allowed by law, the Authority may, through its Administrative Code, remove itself from fiscal and other review and approval by the Clerk to the Board.

(e)

Other Departments of the County, including the office of the County Manager, may assist the Authority as requested by the Authority. The Authority shall reimburse each respective department for the cost of services and materials supplied by that department to the Authority.

(Ord. No. 04-03, § 5; Ord. No. 2009-49, § 1; Ord. No. 2010-10, § 3)