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.

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 2019, airport commission members and the communities they were selected from included:

• Gregg Ortega, Council District 1 | Email Gregg Ortega
• Joseph Nguyen, Council District 2 | Email Joseph Nguyen
• Rosemary Wander, Council District 3 | Email Rosemary Wander
• TBD - vacant, Council District 4 |
• Peter Bro, Council District 5 | Email Peter Bro
• Kurtis Lewko, airport tenants | Email Kurtis Lewko
• Mark Darrow, airport tenants | Email Mark Darrow
• Valerie Hirshman, airport tenants | Email Valerie Hirshman
• Glen Bachman, business community | Email Glen Bachman
• Alicia Crank, business community | Email Alicia Crank
• Matthew Faletti, business community | Email Matthew Faletti
• Dennis Brawford, at large | Email Dennis Brawford
• Tom Hoban, at large | Email Tom Hoban

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

Meeting schedule

The commission generally meets the fourth Thursdays in January, April, July and October.

The next regularly scheduled meeting will be October 28, 2021 @ 6:00 PM.  The virtual Teams meeting information will be provided when it becomes available. 

Meeting agenda (PDF) | Minutes (PDF)

Special meeting - September 23, 2021

The Airport Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday, September 23 at 6:00 P.M. to review the 2022 budget. The virtual Teams meeting can be attended using the link or phone number listed below.

Microsoft Teams meeting 

Join on your computer or mobile app 

Click here to join the meeting 

Or call in (audio only) 

+1 425-262-2000,,248728777#   United States, Seattle 

Phone Conference ID: 248 728 777# 

Meeting agenda (PDF)