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Board revises airport advertising policy to streamline approvals, adds appeal path to board
Summary
The board removed routine board-level approval for on-airport advertising in favor of placing approval authority with the airport director and creating a formal appeal route to the board. The change passed unanimously and staff will return a clean redline at the next meeting.
The Grand County Airport Board approved revisions to the Canyonlands airport advertising policy that remove routine board-level sign-off for advertising materials while preserving an appeal process to the board.
Board members and the advertising subcommittee said the intent is to give the airport director authority to approve advertising that meets adopted standards and to reserve board involvement for lease agreements or formal appeals. The board asked staff to add an explicit appeals paragraph: if the airport director denies an advertisement, the advertiser may appeal that decision to the airport board.
Why it matters: the change is meant to streamline routine administrative approvals while keeping an avenue of review for disputed or high-profile advertisements. Board members pointed to prior inconsistencies in how advertising was reviewed and to the need to prevent ad-hoc staff decisions from causing confusion.
Discussion and context: The policy discussion noted an internal contradiction in the draft: an early section required approval by both the airport director and the board, while a later section gave the airport director authority to remove unauthorized materials. Members recommended removing the routine board-approval language and replacing it with an appeals mechanism. The subcommittee will present a clean copy incorporating the changes and add a short appeals paragraph drafted by staff.
Outcome: The board voted unanimously to remove the board as routine approver and to add a short appeals procedure. Staff will return a clean copy of the redlined policy and consult with airport legal counsel as needed before forwarding it to the commission.
Quote: “If the airport director denies an advertisement, the advertiser should have the right to appeal to the board,” a member said when proposing the added appeals paragraph.
Ending: The advertising subcommittee will produce a clean version of the policy for the next meeting, and staff will include planning and legal review ahead of any county commission submission.
