Airport Commission

The Snohomish County Airport Commission serves as an advisory board to the county executive. It was approved by the county council in March 2017.

Commission’s role

The airport commission serves in an advisory role to the county executive on these matters at Paine Field Airport:

Reviews and recommends changes to the airport capital improvement program and facilities plan.
Reviews and recommends an annual airport budget.
Reviews and recommends strategies for airport noise reduction.
Reviews appeals of enforcement procedures restricting airport access or use.
Reviews and recommends updates to the Airport Master Plan.
- Information on the Airport Master Plan can be found here .

The ordinance creating the commission (PDF) says the executive may forward any recommendations or plans proposed by the commission to the county council, including majority and minority reports.

The Commission adopted bylaws to operate under in June 2018.

Commission membership

The airport commission has 13 members: one from each of the county’s five council districts; three drawn from the airport tenant community; three from the business community; and two from the county at large. As of January 2023, airport commission members and the communities they were selected from include:

Gregg Ortega, Council District 1 | Email Gregg Ortega
Joseph Nguyen, Council District 2 | Email Joseph Nguyen
Rosemary Wander, Council District 3 | Email Rosemary Wander
Matt Arny, Council District 4 | Email Matt Arny
Vacant, Council District 5 | Email
Vacant, airport tenants | Email
Mark Darrow, airport tenants | Email Mark Darrow
Valerie Hirshman, airport tenants | Email Valerie Hirshman
Glen Bachman, business community | Email Glen Bachman
Vacant, business community | Email
Matthew Faletti, business community | Email Matthew Faletti
Dennis Brawford, at large | Email Dennis Brawford
Tom Hoban, at large | Email Tom Hoban

Arny currently serves as the commission’s Chair; Darrow is the Vice Chair and Nguyen is the Secretary.

The Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. (in-person or virtual)

Special meeting agenda

Commissioners are encouraged to attend the meeting in person when available. The Airport Commission members who would like to attend in person, please come to the Airport C-3 Building, 10108 32nd Avenue West, Everett, WA 98204. The meeting will be held in the first floor conference room. Otherwise, commission members, please attend virtually via TEAMS. Due to lack of seating, members of the public are asked to attend virtually via TEAMS at the link below:

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Meeting schedule

The commission generally meets the fourth Thursdays in January, April, July and October at 6:00 p.m.

Next regular meeting: April 27, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. (hybrid)

Meeting agenda (January 2023 Meeting) | Draft Minutes (January 2023 meeting)

Past Airport Commission meeting information

Agenda and minutes from past Airport Commission meetings are located here Prior meetings Prior meeting Prior meeting inf Prior meeting agenda and minutes Past meeting agenda and minutes Past Airpomeeting agenda and minutes.