Establishment: Chapter 2, Article V, Divisions 1 and 6, Sarasota City Code (1986)

Resolution No. 89R-214 (Creating a Handicapp Advisory Board)
Resolution No. 90R-346 (Changing meetings from monthly to bi-monthly)
Resolution No. 92R-553 (Changing name of Board)
Resolution No. 93R-617 (Changing membership from 9 to 5 members)
Resolution No. 97R-966 (Changing membership from 5 to 7, and meetings from bi-monthly to monthly)
Ordinance No. 01-4338 (Changing membership from 7 to 5 members)

Board Membership - Qualifications and Other Requirements:

a) The membership of the Board shall consist of persons who possess the technical, professional, financial, business or administrative skills necessary to accomplish the work of the board. Board membership shall include some persons who represent the community-at-large when appropriate.

b) Unless provided otherwise, the Board shall include persons who reside within the City, unless business qualifications or a special expertise warrants an exception to the residency/property ownership criteria.

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) No person shall serve on more than one Board simultaneously unless special board membership requirements, pertaining to special qualifications of members, warrant an exception.

f) 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.

g) 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.

h) This Board consists of Five Members.

i) The Board meets every month on the third Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon in the City Commission Chambers.

Contact Person: Maggie Sumney, Manager, Employee Relations, Human Resources Dept., Phone: 951-3630, Ext. 3746

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