(A) The Cass County Board of Commissioners establishes a committee of local citizens to advise the Commissioners on wise urban forestry practices, policies and issues.
(B) The Committee is charged with the responsibility of reviewing information regarding urban forestry and the wise maintenance of trees in Cass County; educating Cass County citizens on urban forestry, tree-planting and maintenance; recommending to the Commissioners a tree ordinance directing the county's policy of trees on county-owned land; and working to improve the aesthetic quality of Cass County while addressing the problem of global warming on a grassroots level by the wise planting of trees.
(C) The committee shall be appointed by the Cass County Board of Commissioners for specified terms. The Commissioner shall appoint the committee’s first chairperson, with subsequent chairpersons elected by committee members. The committee shall be free to organize itself as it deems necessary.
(D) The committee will meet at least quarterly (but more often if the members wish), and shall supply the Commissioners with minutes of their meetings. The committee shall comply with the Open Door Law being I.C. 5-14-1.5-1 et seq..
