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Human Resources Department This department directs, supervises, and coordinates departmental personnel activities, including employee programs. It ensures all personnel transactions are in compliance with St. Louis Civil Service rules and it maintains acceptable staffing levels and organizational structure to guarantee efficient operations. In coordination with other departments, this section develops and publishes Airport policies and procedures. Finally, this division directs affirmative action activities, including coordination of Equal Employment Opportunity.
Director's Office The Director's Office is responsible for coordinating and directing all aviation activities as well as promoting and developing all aviation facilities at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Office The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Office is responsible for administering the City’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program (M/WBE) and the Airport’s DBE Program to ensure that firms owned by minorities, women and disadvantaged individuals participate in city business opportunities to the maximum extent feasible. The DBE Program includes services for certification of M/W/DBE businesses, monitoring of contracts for compliance with participation goals and outreach activities to attract new M/W/DBEs. Finance and Accounting Department This department determines the appropriate accounting system and is responsible for the accountability of all Airport funds. It administers all leases, permits, and agreements involving Airport owned property. Another important duty is arranging for and providing financial sources, i.e., federal grants and revenue bonds, to support the capital needs of the Airport as well as operational costs. Planning/Development/Community Programs Department This department looks at meeting existing and future aviation needs for the St. Louis region. It prepares and maintains short and long-range plans for the development of Lambert Airport, such as the long-range Master Plan, an Airport Layout Plan and a new Terminal Area Plan. It supervises the design and program management for the construction of the new runway, taxiways and roadways in accordance with the recommended $1.1 billion Airport Expansion Program recommended in the Master Plan and approved Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S.). This department helps to develop an environmental management program to promote the Airport as an environmentally responsible corporate citizen in the St. Louis metropolitan area. This department works with the Airport’s neighboring communities to enable all parties involved to peacefully co-exist. It administers the Airport’s F.A.R. Part 150 Noise Program and noise complaint line and the Noise Mitigation (sound insulation) program. It performs all required measures for the purchase of parcels of real estate, as recommended in the FAR Part 150 Noise Program and the Airport Expansion Program. The department provides relocation assistance and provides social services to families and individuals within targeted relocation areas to make the transitions effective and amicable. It also works with the communities around the Airport in compatible land use redevelopment of property acquired for noise mitigation and not needed for Airport use.
Planning and Engineering Department The Planning and Engineering staff has several major responsibilities at the Airport. It implements the Capital Improvement Program and develops short and mid-range planning for both landside and airside activities. A second responsibility is to work with selected consultants to insure that the Airport's goals are met and that the resultant project is sound from an operations and construction standpoint. The third primary function is to provide construction administration during the phase of a project that includes quality control, coordinate with other Airport departments, and serve as the contact point with the designers. This group also provides technical expertise to the other Airport departments. Properties/Marketing/Contracts Department This department solicits and negotiates contracts and lease agreements with companies wanting to do business at the airport. It works with the airlines, ground transportation providers (taxis, vans, limos, buses, rental cars, and wheelchair transportation services), parking services, and concessions (ATMs, amusements, bank/foreign exchange, bookstores, shoeshine, telephones, food & beverage, news and gift shops). The department is the contact for those with and looking for business opportunities in concessions or services at the Airport. This department is also responsible for the centralized procurement of all service related contracts for the Airport's twenty-four operating departments. These services vary from ambulance services to window washing. The contracts office solicits bids, qualifications, and proposals based upon the City's established procurement policies and procedures. Through public advertisements and bid openings, the contracts office ensures that all prospective bidders are treated in a fair and equitable manner. In addition, the contracts office is responsible for the award, processing, and compliance of all service contracts. Operations and Maintenance Department Operations and Maintenance assists the Airport Director in administering all activities concerning police and fire protection, building and airfield maintenance on a day to day basis. Its broad responsibilities range from snow removal, to communication systems, to improving the appearance of terminal buildings and support facilities. Another function of this division is the preparation and development of emergency preparedness programs, including first aid for the traveling public. This department administers Airport Authority policy concerning the operations and maintenance of the Airport's facilities in order to meet all federal, state, and local regulations, while providing the traveling public with a safe, efficient major hub airport. Public Relations Department The Public Relations Department is responsible for providing a wide range of public relation services, special event planning, and communication services to the Airport Authority. The Public Relations Department serves as the initial point of contact between the Airport Authority, the media, and the general public. The PR department works with other departments to research, identify, and promote airport activities to tell the Lambert Airport story. This is done through news releases, community meetings, tours, fact sheets, newsletters, pamphlets, educational and informative brochures. Airport Police Department The Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Police Department is a full service law enforcement agency responsible for all law enforcement and security responsibilities at Lambert Airport. Its primary mission is to ensure a safe and secure environment for the traveling public. The Airport Police Department is responsible for public relations, traffic control, criminal investigations, airport community oriented policing, airport security, enforcement of local, state and federal laws at the airport and providing canine explosive detection support to the airport and surrounding communities. The department also maintains an Airport Lost and Found section, accessible to inquiries Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. You may contact the Airport Police Department twenty four (24) hours a day at (314) 426-8100  |
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