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Board seeks research on county ordinance limiting electronic signs; names Melissa Jeffers as press contact
Summary
The board will research a county ordinance that appears to prohibit electronic signage (the city has an exemption) before pursuing digital flight displays; staff also reported the airport web pages route to the county site and named Melissa Jeffers as the PIO for press releases and marketing outreach.
Board members discussed an ordinance that appears to prohibit electronic signage in the county and said staff will research exemptions and ordinance history before pursuing a digital airport sign for daytime flight information.
"We found out that there is a ordinance that prohibits, electronic summons in the county," the Chair said, and staff noted the city currently has an exemption but the county language is broad and tied to dark-sky protections. The board asked staff to research the ordinance27s age and previous fights over digital signage and to report back.
Separately, staff said Grand County IT currently routes external airport web addresses to the county website, which limits how the airport can post updates. "We cannot have our own external website as of right now," a staff member said; staff will work with IT (Matt) to improve content visibility. The director said Melissa Jeffers is the county point of contact for press materials and that the airport will coordinate press releases and marketing through her.
Why it matters: Digital signage and timely website updates matter for communicating flight information and construction impacts; county ordinance and central IT arrangements can limit local communications and require interagency coordination.
