HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.ord.050.2004ORDINANCE OF TI~ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO,
SETTING INITIAL AIRPORT FEES AND CHARGES FOR 2005
ORDINANCE NO.~ -2004
1. Pitkin County ("County") owns, operat6s and sponsors the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport
("Airport").
2. The County has authority to set, charge, collect and enforce rents, fees and charges for
the occupancy and use of the Airport, pursuant to, inter alia, Sections 41-4-101 et seq., 30-11-107,
30-15-401 and 30-35-201 and 202, 1973 C.R.S., as amended, the Pitldn County Home Rule
Charter, as amended, and the Pitldn County Code, Title IV, Airport Regulations, as amended.
3. The Airport financial and rate-setting policies am set out in Resolution #87-56A
4. Historically, the County entered into long-term contracts with airlines and set fees on a
"residual" basis under which airline fees were subsidized from other airport revenues.
5. The County now contracts with airlines on a year-to-year basis and sets fees on a
"compensatory" basis under which airline and general aviation fees are set to more fully cover the
cost of their use of airport facilities.
6. The Airline-related Policies, Procedures and Standards, adopted by Resolution #001-
2001, provide that in December of each year, the County will adopt its budget after affording the
opportunity for airline input, and will set airline rates and charges effective January 1 of the
following year.
7. The airlines and general aviation have been given the opportunity to comment on the
proposed rent and landing fees for 2005 and the Airport's budget and updated capital improvement
plan. The 2005 budget for the Airport was reviewed in public session on October 19th.
8. The County has compared its proposed airport fees and charges to those of other
comparable airports and determined that its proposed fees and charges are not excessive.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Pitkin County, Colorado that:
1. The terminal rent for exclusige and preferential space for Signatory, Pre-signatory, and
Multi-Seasonal Airlines for 2005 shall be $43.9~ per square foot for indoor space and $14.64 per
square foot for outside covered space. The terminal rent for preferential space for Seasonal Airlines
for 2005 shall be $61.47 per square foot for indoor space and $20.50 per square foot for outside
covered space. The term/nal rent for shared-space for all airlines for 2005 shall be $43.91 per
square foot. 20% of the monthly shared-space rent shall be allocated equally among the airlines and
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INTRODUCED, FIRST READ, AND SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON
NOVEM~BER 17, 2004.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FULL ORDINANCE PUBLISHED IN
THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON NOVEMBER 20, 2004.
ADOPTED AFTER FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
DECEMBER 1, 2004.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ADOPTION, IN THE
ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON DECEMBER 11, 2004.
ATTEST:
?
nette Jones
puty Clerk &
~corder
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
Date:
MANAGER APPROVAL:
Hilary ~etcher Smith, County Ma~nager
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
Tom Oken, Treasurer and CFO