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What is the membership and composition of the EMC? |
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The council consists of the members appointed by the Dutchess County
Legislature. In addition to the members appointed from city and town commissions
for conservation of the environment and ex-officio members. The Board of
Representatives shall appoint eleven members who shall be persons other
than members of city, town or village commissions for conservation of the
environment residing within the county of Dutchess and who are interested
in the improvement and preservation of environmental quality. |
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(1)The first four members of said eleven members appointed other than members
of city, town or village commissions for conservation of the environment
shall hold office for a term of one (1) year; the second seven of the said
nine members appointed shall hold office for a term of two (2) years, and
the successors of all eleven initial appointees shall be appointed for full
terms of two (2) years. |
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(2) The membership of the council also shall consist of one member from
each commission for conservation of the environment that has been established
by the governing bodies of cities and towns within the county of Dutchess. |
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(3) The Board of Representatives shall choose one of its members to be an
Ex-Officio member of the council. In addition, the Chairman of the County
Planning Board, Commissioner of Public Works, County Attorney, Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the Soil and Water Conservation District and
the President of the Dutchess County Cooperative Extension Association. |
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(4) All appointees to membership in the council shall serve for a term of
two (2) years with the exception of the term of office of the initial four
members appointed for a term of one (1) year. The terms of members appointed
from city or town commissions for conservation of the environment shall
be concurrent with their terms on such city or town commissions, not exceeding
a period of two years. Vacancies on the council shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment except that a vacancy occurring through
circumstances other than by expiration of term of office shall be only for
the remainder of the term. |
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What is the composition of the Environmental Management
Council? |
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(1) The first four (4) members appointed by the County Legislature
shall hold office for a term of one year. |
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(2) The second (5) members appointed shall serve for two years. |
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(3) Also included in the membership a single representative of each
of the towns, cities in Dutchess County that have commissions for the conservation
of the environment. Each serves for a two year term. |
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(4) The Dutchess County Legislature shall choose one of its members
to be an ex-officio member of the council. |
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(5) Other ex-officio members of the EMC are the Commissioner of Public
Works, Chairman of the County Planning Board, County Attorney, Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the Soil and Water Conservation District and
the president of the Dutchess County Cooperative Extension Associationas
well as the President of the Board of Directors of the Cornell Coperative
Extension Dutchess County shall be ex-officio members of the council.. |
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For more details see Resolution
No. 58 |
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What are the Powers and Duties of the Council? |
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(1) Advise the Board of Representatives on matters affecting the
preservation, development and use of the natural and man-made features and
conditions of the county insofar as they have a bearing on environmental
quality and, in the case of man’s activities and developments with
regard to any major threats posed to environmental quality, so as to enhance
the long range value of the environment to the people of the county. |
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(2) Develop and, after receiving general approval by resolution of
the Dutchess County Legislature, conduct a program of public information
in the county which shall be designed to foster increased understanding
of the nature of environmental problems and issues and support for their
solutions |
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(3) Develop and recommend a program to improve the coordination and
effectiveness of public and private projects and activities in the county
in accordance with the purposes of this local law, working in cooperation
with commissions for conservation of the environment, insofar as such agencies
have been established in cities, towns and villages within the county, and
with other public and private agencies, focusing particularly on those matters
relating to environmental quality which require intergovernmental action. |
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(4) Encourage the establishment of commissions for conservation of
the environment in cities, towns and villages within the county, advise
and assist them in developing their own programs, and foster an effective
interchange between the council and such agencies. |
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(5) Maintain liaison with regional planning agencies, regional water
resources planning and development boards and other such public and private
regional bodies, affecting the conservation of environmental quality, with
a view towards improvement of coordination. |
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(6) Conduct, with appropriate coordination with existing or prospective
work of a similar nature performed in municipalities within the county,
studies, surveys, and inventories in accordance with the general purposes
of this local law, including but not limited to surveys and studies for
identification of those open spaces, natural areas, marshlands, swamps,
and other wetlands and other natural and scenic features which are of a
county or regional significance and for which an index shall be maintained,
and make recommendations to the D. C. Legislature for the appropriate preservation
and use of such areas and features. |
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(7) Recommend from time to time to the Board of Representatives plans
and programs for environmental improvement for inclusion in the county master
plan, including but not limited to the recommendations in the report and
plan required in section seven of this local law. |
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(8) Prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts and pamphlets
in accordnce with the purposes of this local law. |
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(9) When authorized by resolution of the D.C. Legislature, the Council
may accept by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, property both
real and personal in the name of the county, as may be necessary to conserve
and otherwise property utilize open spaces and other land and water resources
within the boundaries of the county. Such real property may be accepted
in fee or land and water rights, or as any lesser interest, development
right, easement, including conservation easement, covenant, or other contractual
right including conveyance with limitations or reversions. |
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For more details see Resolution
No. 58 |
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