A. To, in cooperation with the airport manager, investigate the operation and facilities of the airport so as to make themselves completely familiar with the operations and facilities in order to better perform the duties hereafter listed;

B. To make recommendations to the city council in those matters which are properly the subject of formal action by the council;

C. To direct, within the limitations of the Charter, the operations of the airport;

D. To recommend, within the limitations of the Charter, ways and means of financing changes and additions;

E. To approve or disapprove changes in the methods of operation proposed by the airport manager;

F. To recommend changes of administrative policy and to ensure that the airport manager carries out the policies as directed;

G. To submit annually, on or before the first Monday in May, a tentative budget for the next ensuing fiscal year;

H. To submit annually a completed financial statement correctly recording the operations of the past fiscal year;

I. To recommend capital improvement projects.