BYLAWS

Adopted by the Sanford Airport Authority on September 3, 1996

Members & Terms

Seven voting members appointed as follows:  1 impacted citizen member by the City of Lake Mary, 1 impacted citizen member by the City of Sanford, 2 non-impacted citizen members from diverse areas, 1 Aviation Authority staff member, and 1 member from general aviation community serving the Airport by the SANAC chairman.

Six non-voting members, one appointed by each of the following:  Seminole County Planning Department, City of Sanford Planning Department, City of Lake Mary, Orlando Aviation Noise Abatement, Federal Aviation Administration Sanford tower manager, and Federal Aviation Administration approach control.

No member, voting or non-voting shall be an elected official.  The Authority shall determine whether a citizen member is impacted or non-impacted in its absolute discretion.

Confirmation of Appointments

All appointement, whether voting or non-voting, except those made directly by the Authority shall be subject to final confirmation by the Authority, in its sole discretion.

Terms of Members

The initial appointments of voting members hereunder shall be staggered terms as follows:  two appointements shall be for an initial term of two years, two appointments shall be for an initial term of three years, and three appointments shall be for an initial term of four year.  Terms shall be assigned based on a by-chance lottery upon confirmation of all appointement by the Authority.  Subsequent appointements shall all be for four year terms.

Non-voting advisory members shall be appointed for a term of four years.

All appointments, whether voting or non-voting, shall serve until his or her sucessor has been duly nominated, appointed and confirmend.  Any member may succeed himself or herself.

Vacancies

In the event of any vacancy occuring in the Committee, the appointing agency shall nominate for appointment by the Authority a successor to fill such vacancy, such sucessor to be of the same member category as the person who previously filled such vacant membership position. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall, upon confirmation by the Authority, be appointed for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor on this Committee.  Nominations shall be submitted to the Authority in writing within sixty days of receipt of written notice of a vacancy. The Authority may fill any vacancy if it has not received a nomination within sixty days.

Removal

A member shall cease to serve on this Committee upon his or her removal from office by the Authority.  A member may be removed from this Committe by the Authority as it deems necessary if it determines that such member has had three or more consecutive unexcused absences or that such member is otherwise disqualified from continuing to represent the member category for which he or she was appointed.  The Committee may write a letter to the Authority to recommend removal of a member.  Failure by the Authority to confirm an appointment hereunder shall entitle the appointing authority to provide an alternative appointment for consideration within thirty days after written notice.

Absences by Member

If a member has had three consecutive unexcused absences from duly noticed meetings of this Committee, the chairman shall notify the chairman of the Authority so that the Authority may take such action as it deems necessary.  An absence shall be excused if the member gave prior notice of the absence and the reason therfor to the chairman or recording secretary.

Officers

The chairman of this Committee shall be designated annually by the chairman of the Authority to hold office for a term of one year and until a designated sucessor has been duly designated andhas taken office.  The designated chairman shall take office and his or her term of office shall commence with the first order of business at the October meeting of this Committee each year.

The chairman must be a member of this Committee during his or her term, and the chairman may succeed himself or herself in office.  If the chairman, during his or her term of office, shall chease to be a member of this Committee or shall for any reason not serve as chairman, then a successor shall be designated by the chairman of the Authority for the unexpired portion of such term.

There shall be a vice-chairman, who shall be elected annually with the first order of business at the October meeting each year and shall take office upon election.  Such officer shall hold office for a period of one year and until a successor has been duly elected and taken office. Such officer may be re-elected to the same office.  Additional officers may be elected from time to time as deemed necessary by this Committee.

The vice-chairman must be a member of this Committee.  Any additional officers elected by this Committee need not be members of this Committee.  The Committee shall also have a recording secretary, who shall be a member of the Authority's staff.

Any officer elected by this Committee may be removed by this Committee wherever, in its judgement, the best intersts of the committee would be served therby.  A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise of any officer elected by this Committee, may be filled by this Committee for the unexpired poirtion of the term of the vacant office.

Duties of Officers

The chairman shall preside at all meeting of this Committee.  The chairman shall appoint members to all subcommittees and designate the chairman of any such subcommittee.  membership of sub-committees may include non-voting members or thers deemed as objective an qualified in the sole discreation of the chairman.

The vice-chairman shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the chairman in the absence of the chairman.

The recording secretary shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of Committee meetings. The recording secretary shall prepare the minutes of each meeting and shall be responsible for the distribution of said minutes as provided in these bylaws to the members of this Committee, the Authority, the City of Sanford, the City of Lake Mary, and Seminole County.

Amendment

These bylaws may be amended by the Authority in its discretion and shall be effective immediately upon amendment.