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Chris Boswell, Mayor

Danny Castillo, Commissioner, District 1

Robert A. Leftwich, Commissioner, District 2

Michael Mezmar, Commissioner, District 3

Jerry Prepejchal, Commissioner, District 4

Joey Trevino, Commissioner, District 5

Airport Board

Members Term Expires

Carlos Cuellar 03/01/07 - 3/30/12 

Jo Rae Wagner 12/17/08 - 3/30/13

Dean LaFever 04/18/12 - 3/30/14

Tito Resendez 07/06/11 - 3/30/15

Dr. Ruben Torres 04/06/11 - 3/30/16

David C. Garza 06/18/08 - 3/30/13

Richard Franke 04/15/09 - 3/30/14

Sam Coats 01/06/10 - 3/30/15

Manny Vela 05/19/10 - 3/30/16

Functions of the Airport Board

The board shall have the power to provide for the ownership, establishment, operation and maintenance of a public municipal

airport, provided that the operation and maintenance of the airport and all supporting properties appurtenant to it shall be under the

supervision, control and authority of the board.

Shall annually submit a budget to the City Commission of the City of Harlingen, Texas for approval and no expenditure of airport

funds shall be made except in accordance with the approved budget or approved amendments to it.

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Shall make detailed monthly reports covering all phases of the operation and maintenance of the airport and supporting

properties to the City Commission of the City of Harlingen

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Further, that the City Manager and the Mayor shall be ex-officio members of the Harlingen Airport Board.•

And that no provision hereof shall be construed to delegate to the Harlingen Airport Board any power not capable of being so

delegated by law.

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All powers delegated shall be subject to any restrictions otherwise imposed by the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of

the City of Harlingen.

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Membership

The Airport Board shall be composed of nine (9) members with not less than five (5) being residents of the City of Harlingen, and all

being residents of Texas with each member to serve for a term of five (5) years. The beginning and ending of each respective five

year term for the five members appointed in 2002 through March 2005 who composed the board in existence in May 2006 when the

2006 Charter Amendment was adopted is to begin and terminate on successive years, whereby the term of each member of such

Board shall begin and end in a year separate from the beginning and ending terms of the other members of the Board. The four

initial additional members to be appointed to the Airport Board after its expansion to nine members shall be appointed by the Mayor

and approved by the City Commission for terms of approximately two, three, four and five years ending March 1, 2008, March 1,

2009, March 1, 2010 and March 1, 2011 respectively. Successor appointments shall be appointed for five (5) year terms. The

beginning date of each successive term shall be on March 1. On the expiration of each member’s term, a resident citizen of the city

or state shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City commission as the replacement appointment. If a vacancy on the

Airport Board occurs, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor and approval by the City commission of a resident

citizen of the city or state to serve the remainder of the term of such vacancy. In the event that upon the expiration of the term of

any such Board Member his or her replacement is not succeeded by appointment by the Mayor and Commission as herein provided

for, such member shall nevertheless continue as a member of the Board until a replacement appointment is in fact made by the

Mayor and Commission as herein provided for, with such replacement appointment to terminate on the regularly scheduled date as

herein provided for.