(A) Each Advisory Board member shall be a Davidson County resident and landowner.
(B) The Advisory Board shall be comprised of five members (one representing each region), and at least two at-large members. In addition, three ex officio, non-voting members, one each from the Cooperative Extension, the Soil and Water Conservation District/Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Planning Department, shall serve on the Board.
(C) The five regional Advisory Board members shall be engaged in agriculture (i.e., farming, forestry or horticulture) with land in the Present Use Value Tax Program.
(D) At-large members are not restricted to, but may include, representatives from the County Planning Board, Farm Bureau, Farm Service Agency Advisory Board, Economic Development, and the like.
(E) The members actively engaged in agriculture, as well as other members, shall be selected for appointment by the Board of Commissioners, including the names of individuals submitted to the Board of Commissioners by the Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors/Soil and Water Conservation District, the county office of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, the U.S. Farm Service Agency County Committee, nonprofit agricultural organizations, conservation organizations, agribusiness, and the public at large.
(Ord. passed 2-14-12)