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Advisory Boards
Daytona Beach Racing and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board
This Commission was established subsequent to the provision of Florida statute 313.43. The Commission is authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, enlarge, equip, repair, maintain and operate racing and recreational facilities within the district; prescribing the powers and duties of said commission; providing for paying the cost of such facilities by the issuance of special obligation bonds of said district payable solely from revenues of such facilities or by general obligation bonds of said district in an aggregate amount not exceeding $3 million payable from the revenues of such facilities and, to the extent necessary, ad valorem taxes; providing for the imposition and collection of rates, rentals, fees and charges for the use of such facilities and for the application thereof; granting to said commission the power to acquire necessary real and personal property, and to exercise the power of eminent domain; authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; prescribing the powers and duties of the Board of County Commissioners of Volusia County in relation to the foregoing. Five members.
Educational Facilities Authority
This authority was created by Florida Statute 243.18 to assist higher education institutions in construction, financing and refinancing projects. The Authority consists of five members who must be Volusia County residents. At least one member must be a trustee, director, officer or employee of an institution of higher education in Volusia County.Fire Services Retirement System Review Committee
Monitors the operation and administration of the Fire Services pension system and the management of the accrual of benefits levels. Its members include the Fire Services Administrator or Public Protection Department Director, the Financial and Administrative Department Director, the Personnel Director and two volunteer representatives of Fire Services who are recommended by the Fire Services Director and appointed by the County Council.Growth Management Commission
The Growth Management Commission was formed to investigate and evaluate the concept of growth management within Volusia County. Twenty-one members, five appointed by the County Council. Members serve three year terms.
Halifax Area Advertising Authority
The Authority promotes and advertises the Daytona Beach and Halifax resort area nationally/internationally for the purpose of increasing tourism and conventions. The Authority uses proceeds from the resort tax collected in Volusia County. Eleven members, County-appointed Authority.Health Facilities Authority
This authority makes recommendations to the affected bonding companies on the approval or denial of bond issues for health facilities and assists these facilities in acquiring, construction and financing existing projects. Five members serve four-year terms.
Historical Preservation Board
Appointed by the County Council, it is the duty of the Historic Preservation Board to collect, arrange, record, and preserve historical material and data, including books, pamphlets, maps, charts, manuscripts, family, club or business histories, U. S. census records, papers and pictures, and other objects and materials illustrative of and relating to the history of Volusia County and this area of Florida. The Board is to review land development projects that may have an adverse effect on locally-designated historic and archaeological resources, to review demolition requests for all buildings in excess of 50 years in age, to advise the County Council on all matters related to historic preservation policy including use, management and maintenance of county-owned historic resources, to propose and recommend to the County Council financial and technical incentive programs to further the objectives of historic preservation in unincorporated Volusia County. The Board may establish monuments, tablets or markers to mark the location of events or other places in Volusia County, Florida, where historical events have occurred. Thirteen members who serve three-year terms.
Housing Finance Authority
This board works to provide affordable housing in Volusia County of affordable housing and the capital for investment in such housing including transacting business and exercising powers pursuant to Chapter 78-89, Law of Florida. Five members and one attorney appointed.
Human Services Advisory Board
As recipient of Community Service Block Grant funds, the County is mandated by the State to maintain an Advisory Board to assist with developing CSBG program goals and objectives, identifying community needs and evaluating program effectiveness.
The Advisory Board's membership cannot number less than 12 or exceed 21 representatives. The Board is constituted to assure one third of the members are elected public officials, or their representatives; one third of the members are chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they are representatives of the poor in the area served; and the remainder of the representatives are officials or members of business, labor, industry, religious, welfare, education or other groups and interests in the community.
Board members representing the poor and private sectors are elected for a three-year term and public officials may serve for an unlimited term. Twelve to 21 members.
Industrial Development Authority
The Authority reviews and processes commercial/industrial projects submitted for tax-free revenue bond financing permitted under State and Federal laws and makes recommendations on these matters to the County Council. Five-member Authority appointed by the County Council.
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