(A) Within 35 days after receiving a copy of the request for site approval from the County Clerk pursuant to § 150.36(A), the County Board Chairperson shall appoint six members of the County Board to the PCF Committee. The Chairperson of the County Board shall serve as the Chairperson of the PCF Committee (“PCF Chairperson”) and shall be the seventh member of the PCF Committee. In the event of the absence of the PCF Chairperson at a meeting or hearing of the PCF Committee, the members shall designate one of said members as Acting Chairperson during the absence of the PCF Chairperson.
(B) Within a reasonable time after receipt of a request for site approval, the County Board Chairperson shall appoint a hearing officer to preside over the public hearing and may retain a technical consultant to advise the County Board and the PCF Committee with respect to the application or request for site approval, evidence adduced at the public hearing, and comments received by the County Board.
(C) The technical consultant(s) retained by the county, if any, is authorized to present testimony at the public hearing as hereinafter described, and to prepare reports and recommendations in response to the request for site approval and to any written comments filed with the County Clerk. Such reports and recommendations shall be filed with the County Clerk at least ten days before the public hearing commences, as hereinafter described in § 150.38.
(Prior Code, § 3-5B-3) (Ord. 2007-0327, passed 3-20-2007)