(a) 
The City 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 property attached thereto shall be under the supervision, control, and authority of a special board to be known as the "Harlingen Airport Board," which shall be composed of seven (7) members with not less than five (5) being citizens residing in the City of Harlingen, Texas, and all being residents of Texas, with two members to be appointed by the Mayor and one member to be appointed by each City Commissioner of Harlingen, Texas, and approved by the City Commission of the City of Harlingen, Texas. In the management, operation, and control of the Airport, the Harlingen Airport Board shall be empowered to employ an Airport Chief Executive Officer who may be hired or terminated by the Board, but only with the prior approval and consent of the City Commission.
Only current members who have one year or less remaining in their term at the time of this change will continue to serve their appointment term. The remaining members will be replaced; each resulting vacancy shall be filled by a person appointed by a successor, by each Harlingen City Commissioner, beginning with Place 1, and continuing to fill each vacancy or as each vacancy subsequently arises, through Place 5 and ending with the Mayor, with each member to be approved by a majority of the City Commission. The expiration of each appointment shall be succeeded by the appointment of a respective successor member to serve for a term of three (3) years, the expiration and subsequent appointment procedure shall continue by the city commissioners and the mayor pursuant to the order and procedure as provided herein, and provided that the City Commission of the City of Harlingen, Texas, shall establish by ordinance such rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary to enable the board to manage the business and operation of the airport in the best interests of the City of Harlingen, Texas, and its citizens, and further provided that the Harlingen Airport Board shall annually submit a budget to the Harlingen City Commission, Texas, for approval and shall not expend airport funds except in accordance with the approved budget or approved amendment thereto, and shall submit detailed monthly reports covering all phases of the operation and maintenance of the airport and supporting properties to the Harlingen City Commission; that the City Manager and Mayor shall be ex-officio members of the Harlingen Airport Board; and that nothing herein shall be construed to delegate to the Harlingen Airport Board any power that cannot be delegated by law, and all delegated powers shall be subject to any restrictions imposed by the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Harlingen.
(b) 
Personnel policy. The personnel policy of the City of Harlingen shall apply to all airport employees, except that any policy changes or amendments must be approved by a minimum of three affirmative votes of the City Commission before implementation.
(c) 
Real property. Any acquisition or conveyance of real property by the Harlingen Airport Board shall be presented to the City Commission for its approval, which must be obtained for the proposed acquisition or conveyance. The Harlingen Airport Board shall take title to any real property it acquires as follows: Valley International Airport, a Department of the City of Harlingen, a municipal corporation.
(Ordinance 73-30, adopted 11/7/1973; Ordinance 06-14, adopted 3/1/2006; Resolution 06R-19, adopted 5/17/2006; Ordinance 2021-21, § 1, adopted 8/4/2021; Resolution 2024-57 adopted 11/14/2024)