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BOBBY JONES
GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD GUIDELINES
Courtesy of the City Auditor and Clerk
Establishment: Chapter 2, Article V, Division 8, Section
2-334.1, Sarasota City Code (1986)
Board Membership - Qualifications and Other Requirements:
a) The members shall consist of the following:
- One member - Financial services background
- One member - Experience managing a recreational facility
- One member - Active user of the Bobby Jones Golf Course
facilities
- One member - Annual feeholder at Bobby Jones
- One member - Experience in the fields of landscape or
horticulture
- One member - Youth representative from the First Tee Program
who may also be a member of the STAR Program
- One member - Participant in the Greater Sarasota Junior
Golf Association Program who may also be a member of the
STAR Program
- One member - Experience promoting environmental conservation
- One member - Marketing experience
b) Each member of the Board shall reside in the City; or
shall own property in the City; or shall own a business located
within the City, unless the special requirements for membership
warrant an exception.
c) Members should have reputations for integrity and community
service, as well as have demonstrated an interest in the type
of activity pertaining to the purpose of the Board. Members
should also be representative of the community-at-large and
reflect the racial, ethnic and cultural makeup of the community.
d) The City Commission makes appointments from submitted applications.
e) The City Commission shall be authorized to waive the requirement
that a member fall within any of the above designated categories
after a vacany on the Advisory Board has been advertised by
the Office of the City Auditor and Clerk for a period of sixty
(60) days and the City Commission determines that no suitable
appointee falling within the category can be found.
f) No person shall serve on more than one Board simultaneously
unless special board membership requirements, pertaining to
special qualifications of members, warrant an exception.
g) Board members shall be appointed for a three year term.
Terms of service shall be staggered. No person shall serve
more than two full consecutive terms on any one Board. Members
shall continue to serve until a replacement has been appointed.
After a one year period of non-membership, a person shall
become eligible for reappointment to a Board on which that
person previously served.
h) Board members shall automatically be removed from membership
for failure to attend three successive meetings, excluding
workshop meetings, or at such time that the member's absences
exceed 25% of all scheduled meetings (including workshop meetings),
in a given year if the absence has not been approved by the
Board, in advance, for good cause shown. Members failing to
attend a meeting during at least 75% of the time the meeting
is in session shall be considered not to have attended the
meeting.
i) This board consists of nine (9) members.
j) Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of every other
month at 3:00 pm at the Bobby Jones Golf Course Club House.
Contact Person: Sue Martin, Bobby Jones Golf Course,
phone number (941) 955-8041
View Bobby
Jones Golf Course Advisory Board Summary
View List of Members
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the Advisory Board Application Form
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