Subject:
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Three Appointments to the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Citizen Oversight Committee
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Fiscal Impact:
No Cost
Dept/Office:
Natural Resources Management
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners: 1) consider appointment of the applicant selected by the League of Cities for the vacant Technology Alternate seat; and 2) review applications, resumes and reference letters and rank candidates to fill the County Commission's voting-member seats for Real Estate and Tourism and appoint the top ranked candidates.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
On August 23, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 16?15 for the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Project Plan and Trust Fund. The Ordinance called for establishment of a Citizen Oversight Committee (Committee) to make recommendations to the County Commission regarding annual updates to the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Project Plan that is funded by the half cent Save Our Indian River Lagoon sales tax. The Committee structure consists of 7 members and 7 alternates representing 7 fields of expertise: Science, Technology, Economics/Finance, Real Estate, Education/Outreach, Tourism, and Lagoon Advocacy. Terms are for 2 years, after which members and alternates can be re?appointed or replaced.
Half of the Committee is nominated by the Space Coast League of Cities and half of the Committee is selected by the County Commission, with all seats appointed by the County Commission. When replacement voting members or alternates are needed, the entity who selected that seat can:
1) upgrade the alternate to the member seat,
2) choose a replacement from the existing pool of applicants, or
3) request a new call for qualified citizen volunteers.
On October 25, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners re-appointed 10 current members (including 4 of 7 Board seats and 6 of 7 re-appointment requests from the League of Cities).The Board then directed st...
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