(A) The Advisory Board shall consist of no less than seven members appointed by the Board of Commissioners.
(B) (1) Each Advisory Board member, except those serving in an ex-officio capacity, shall be a county resident or landowner.
(2) At least six of the members shall be actively engaged in farming, horticulture, and/or forestry, or related industry. Of the members actively engaged in farming, horticulture, and/or forestry, there shall be at least one such member from each township in the county. There will be one Board member selected at-large. This determination shall be made without reference to ex-officio members.
(3) The members actively engaged in farming, horticulture, and/or forestry, as well as other members, shall be selected for appointment by the Board of Commissioners from the names of individuals submitted to the Board of Commissioners by the County Office of the State Cooperative Extension, County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, nonprofit agricultural organizations, conservation organizations, agribusinesses, horticultural businesses, forestry businesses, and the public at large.
(4) Additional members may be appointed to the Board in an ex-officio capacity from the State Cooperative Extension, or the County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors. Members serving in an ex-officio capacity shall neither vote nor count toward quorum requirements.
(Ord. passed 8-6-2007)