<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 58-42. - Membership.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Requirements.</span> Requirements for membership shall be as follows:
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               (1)
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               Each advisory board member, except those serving in an ex officio capacity, shall
               be a county resident.
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               (2)
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               At least five of the nine members shall be actively engaged in agriculture as defined
               in G.S. 106-581.1. There shall be at least one member from each of the four regions
               of Buncombe County as designated below. This is to ensure that these four quadrants
               of the county have representatives on the advisory board to ensure their regional
               concerns are met. This determination shall be made without reference to ex officio
               members.
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               a.
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               Northwest: Sandy Mush, Leicester, and French Broad Townships.
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               b.
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               Northeast: Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Ivy, Flat Creek, Reems Creek, Beaverdam, and
               Haw Creek Townships.
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               c.
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               Southwest: Lower Hominy, Upper Hominy, Avery's Creek, and Hazel Townships.
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               d.
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               Southeast: Fairview, Broad River, Limestone, and Biltmore Townships.
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               (3)
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               The nine members shall be selected for appointment by the board of commissioners from
               the names of individuals submitted to the board of commissioners by the Soil and Water
               Conservation District board of supervisors, the Buncombe County Office of the North
               Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and the United States Farm Service Agency Committee.
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               (4)
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               Additional members may be appointed to the advisory board in an ex officio capacity
               from the Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors, the Buncombe County
               Office of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, the U.S. Farm Service Agency, or other
               agencies, as deemed necessary by the board of commissioners. Members serving in an
               ex officio capacity shall neither vote nor count toward quorum requirements.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Tenure.</span> The members are to serve for terms of three years, except that the initial advisory
               board is to consist of three appointees for a term of one year; three appointees for
               terms of two years; and three appointees for terms of three years. Thereafter, all
               appointments are to be for terms of three years, with reappointments permitted.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Vacancies.</span> Any vacancy on the advisory board is to be filled by the board of commissioners for
               the remainder of the unexpired term.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Removal.</span> Any member of the advisory board may be removed by a majority vote of the board of
               commissioners. No cause for removal shall be required.
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               (
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="797622">
                  Ord. No. 16-11-01
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               , Â§ 1(Exh. A), 11-1-16)
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