Council nominates Jessica McNaughton as rep on Regina airport board

Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

City council has nominated Jessica McNaughton as Moose Jaw’s representative on the Regina Airport Authority’s board of directors, with the Moose Javian replacing outgoing rep Trish Martynook.

Council unanimously approved McNaughton’s nomination during the May 23 regular meeting. Her three-year term commences immediately and concludes on April 30, 2026, or until a successor is appointed. She replaces Martynook, who recently completed her third three-year term on the board and also served as the board’s first female chairperson.

Since September 1997, the City of Regina has invited the City of Moose Jaw to appoint a representative to the Regina Airport Authority (RAA), a council report explained. The intention was to bring a wider context to the authority and include a liaison with 15 Wing Air Base.

Council has nominated individuals for appointment to the authority board for the past 26 years.

The city clerk’s office placed a call for nominations for the RAA board in early March, while the deadline for application submissions was March 17, the report said. City administration received four applications, which it presented to council during the in-camera executive committee meeting on May 8. weeks earlier.

The executive committee selected McNaughton using the RAA Bylaw No. 1 and the YQR Nominator Guidelines.

The RAA is a not-for-profit agency that oversees the management of the Regina International Airport and has a board of directors governing it, the report continued. The board consists of 13 business leaders with diverse skill sets who provide strategic direction and oversight while delegating operating authority to the president and CEO.

To ensure a broad range of input representing community needs, various nominating bodies provide members to the airport board for three-year terms to a maximum of nine years.

Those nominating bodies include the City of Regina (six positions), the federal government (two positions), the provincial government (one position), the Rural Municipality of Sherwood (one position), the City of Moose Jaw (one position) and the RAA (up to two positions at the board’s discretion).

“Well, that’s quite the increase (of) 47.5 per cent. That kind of blows my mind a little bit … ,” said Coun. Crystal Froese, before asking whether the department would consider issuing tenders in the fall so projects are ready by the following spring.

“Yes, if we put things out in the fall, we would see cost savings (and competitive prices),” replied Harlton, noting the department hasn’t done that before because projects are contingent upon the budget, which council normally approves in December.

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