At-Large board appointments are made available to County Commissioners according to the At-Large Board Rotation Procedures approved by the Broward County Commission.
The Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section maintains a comprehensive list of at-large advisory board positions. The list of available at-large board positions is provided to each Commissioner in a specific rotation order. The at-large rotation order was determined by a draw held at the June 5, 2001, County Commission meeting. During each Commissioner's turn, he or she may nominate an individual to one board. The board position will then be removed from the rotation list and any positions that become available will be added. The rotation list is sent to the next Commissioner on the rotation. After an unfilled board position has completed a full rotation (available to each Commissioner), the board position is removed from the rotation list and added to the list of “At-large board positions available to all Commissioners,” thereby allowing any Commissioner to nominate one or more individuals to the board position.
This agenda item is to notify all commissioners of the available at-large positions that are immediately placed on the at-large list available to all commissioners, or have gone through a full rotation (see Exhibit 1). Any one commissioner may nominate to appoint or reappoint individuals to the multiple positions listed in Exhibit 1.
Housing Council
Section 11.07 of the Broward County Charter established the Broward County Housing Council ("Council"). The Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners, and facilitates coordination between the County, municipalities, the business community, and not-for-profit groups regarding housing issues including, but not limited to, affordable housing, workforce housing and homelessness.
Currently the Council is comprised of 19 members - 17 voting members and two non-voting members, including the County Administrator or her designee. Council members serve two-year terms, or until a successor is appointed. Should a member resign in the middle of his or her term, the newly appointed council member shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. The Board has nine appointments to the Council.
Six are available for appointment, the Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section has reached out to the four members whose terms are expiring/expired to see if they would like to be reappointed. Staff has been informed that the four individuals listed on the Housing Council with the expiring/expired terms listed on Exhibit 1, have all expressed interest in continuing to serve and be reappointed. While this agenda item opens nominations for the a member whose term expires on January 10, 2019, there will be a total of four members awaiting reappointment and two additional vacancies, as listed on Exhibit 1. Nominations for the member with expired term from 2017, was presented to the County Commission at the January 24, 2017 Commission meeting (Item No. 14). Nominations for two members with expired terms from 2018, were presented to the County Commission at the January 8, 2018 Commissioner meeting (Item No. 40).
Medical Marijuana Advisory Board
Section 1-309 of the Broward County Code established the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board ("MMAB"). At the October 17, 2017 Commission meeting, Commissioners directed the Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section to place the three at-large positions on the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board on the "at-large available to all" list. Of note, one of the three positions is in the "consumer advocate" category, and the other two positions do not have a specific categorical designation. The vacancy currently available was the result of Commissioner-elect Nikki Fried resignation.
After acceptance of this agenda item, a Commissioner wishing to appoint an individual to a board would submit a subsequent agenda item and resume of the individual to the Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section. Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section submits the agenda item and resume to the County Attorney's Office for vetting. The County Attorney's Office sends a memo qualifying the individual to the commissioner's office. The commissioner's office then submits the agenda item with the memo of qualification for full County Commission approval.
If more than one nomination is submitted for the same position, the County Commission votes to determine which individual will be appointed.
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