(A) Following the adoption of this chapter, the county may adopt and implement an ongoing program designed to educate and inform the public, as well as respond to questions from the public, concerning ground water pollution, ground water protection and this ground water chapter.
(B) Following the adoption of this chapter, there shall be established a Ground Water Ordinance Advisory Board, which shall be composed of six members. The members of this Advisory Board shall be composed of one member of the Commissioners or the Commissioners’ designee, one member of the County Council or the Council’s designee, one member of the County Board of Health or the Board of Health’s designee, one member as a county citizen representative who has an environmental interest which member shall be designated by the Board of Health, one member of a Municipal Water Department involved in wellhead protection which member shall be designated by the County Plan Commission, and one member as a county business or commerce representative with any Chamber of Commerce located in the county eligible to make recommendations for the representative and which member shall be designated by the Commissioners. Designees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The Advisory Board may meet on a quarterly basis or as necessary. The Advisory Board shall be responsible for studying, analyzing, evaluating and reviewing the implementation, operation, maintenance, effectiveness, compliance and enforcement of this chapter and the rules and regulations (§§ 51.30 through 51.35) adopted under and pursuant to this chapter. The Advisory Board shall review this chapter prior to sunset for purposes of determining whether all or any portion of this chapter has been superseded by any state or federal law or regulation, and if so, whether all or any portion of this chapter should be repealed. The Advisory Board shall report to the Board of Health at least 30 days after completing its review with respect to the results of its review. Proposed changes to the chapter or the rules and regulations shall require a majority vote of the members present. The Advisory Board shall also be responsible for making any other recommendations to the Commissioners and the Board of Health for revisions, additions and amendments to this chapter and the rules and regulations (§§ 51.30 through 51.35) adopted under and pursuant to this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 13-18-17-1) (Ord. passed 5-1-1989, 89 COM REC 436–451; Ord. passed 4-4-1994, 94 COM REC 314–331; Ord. 99-250, passed 5-1-1999, 99 COM REC 250–275; Ord. 03-668, passed 5-1-2004, 03 COM REC 667–687; Ord. 09-172, passed 4-20-2009; Ord. 2014-171, passed 4-21-2014)