§ 1-2-112. Membership.

(a)

The committee shall consist of nine (9) members appointed to serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.

(b)

The standard term for members of the committee shall be four (4) years, except for resignations or removal by the board of county commissioners. Members may be reappointed to additional four-year terms. Their appointments are subject to the approval of the board. All terms shall be deemed to have commenced on January 1 and to end on December 31. A member shall continue in office until his successor is appointed.

(c)

Membership shall be voluntary and composed of individuals broadly representative of the interests of agricultural land ownership and use, agricultural commodity finance and production, agricultural processing, agricultural economics and marketing, agricultural engineering and water management, soils use and fertility, wildlife management, geology and mine engineering, and environmental conservation.

(d)

At least five (5) members of the committee shall be owners or managerial employees of agricultural land or agricultural operations actively engaged in commodity production in Charlotte County, including at a minimum at least one (1) each from citrus, cattle, and row crop production. Other members shall be a resident of or own real property in Charlotte County or be employed in Charlotte County in one (1) of the fields listed in subsection (c).

(e)

Nominations submitted to the board of county commissioners subsequent to appointment of the initial slate of members shall be made by recommendation of four (4) affirmative votes of the full committee.

(Ord. No. 92-82, § 2, 10-20-92; Ord. No. 2013-002, § 1, 2-26-13; Ord. No. 2017-020, § 1, 4-25-17)