§ 2-372. Appointment of members; composition of membership; terms.

(a)

The Board of County Commissioners shall, by resolution, appoint a Committee comprised of twenty-one (21) to thirty (30) members.

(b)

The County Manager shall submit to the Board a recommended list of twenty-one (21) to thirty (30) individuals to serve on the Committee. In addition County Commissioners shall also be able to submit recommendations. The list submitted by the County Manager shall be broad based and shall include a representative selection of prominent individuals from private industry, the tourist industry, the transportation industry and local government. The representatives of business need not be engaged in the tourist industry. The representatives of the tourist industry shall be representative of the different components of that industry, including but not limited to hotels and restaurants. The representatives of local government shall include elected and appointed public officials. All members of the Committee shall have demonstrated an active and continued civic interest in Miami-Dade County and shall have demonstrated an area of expertise in the industry they represent. In the event the Board of County Commissioners does not approve one (1) or more of the County Manager's recommendations, the County Manager shall provide the Board with sufficient additional recomendations. This process will continue until the Committee comprises the required twenty-one (21) members.

(c)

Included among the twenty-one (21) members shall be the County Manager, the Executive Director of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau or its successor, the President of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, or their respective designees, and a representative from each of the following: (1) North Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce; (2) South Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce; (3) Hialeah Chamber of Commerce; (4) Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce; and (5) Latin Chamber of Commerce.

(d)

The members shall serve until the conclusion of all business relating to the 1989 Super Bowl.

(e)

In the event a member resigns or otherwise fails to be able to serve the full term, the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint another individual representing the same industry in the same manner as the original appointment procedure.

(Ord. No. 87-24, § 2, 4-28-87; Ord. No. 87-27, § 1, 5-19-87; Ord. No. 88-5, § 1, 2-2-88; Ord. No. 88-14, § 1, 3-15-88; Ord. No. 88-81, § 1, 9-6-88)