Environmental Management Council

Purpose:                                             Advise the County Executive, the Legislature and the appropriate agencies on all matters affecting the preservation, conservation and ecologically suitable use of the natural and man-made resources of the County; ensuring various County departments be responsible for environmental matters; investigate and recommend to the County Executive and the Legislature ecologically sound methods of planning and the use of the County’s departments and activities.

Legislative Committee Oversight:    Planning & Economic Development

County Department Oversight:         Planning Department

Membership

Number of Members:                          9 – appointed by the County Executive

Terms:                                                 3 years

Legislative Approval:                          Yes

Board Chair:                                       Ruth Lundin, Executive Director, Jamestown Audubon Society