A meeting of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The meeting will be held at the Bismarck Municipal Airport second floor conference room, located in the west wing.

Agenda items include the status of Gary Ness, commission director, as well as other business to be announced.

Ness is charged with felony theft. He is accused of taking an envelope with $1,770 in cash from the counter of a Bismarck gas station. A woman told police she left the envelope there by accident.

Gov. John Hoeven says he wants Ness put on leave until the charge is resolved.

Ness' preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Aug. 20. South Central District Judge Sonna Anderson has been assigned the case.