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Board of Directors

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Executive Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors shall consist of the three Officers (President, Vice President, and Secretary/Treasurer), the immediate past president, three regular members, and two associate members.

Effective 7/29/11, the FLERA Board of Directors consists of:

President Richard Tschantz Hillsborough County
3629 Queen Palm Drive
Tampa, FL 33619
(813) 627-2600
tschantz@epchc.org
Vice President Jeffery Halsey Broward County
1 North University Drive, Ste 203
Plantation, FL 33317
(954) 519-1468
jhalsey@broward.org
Secretary/Treasurer Michelle Leigh Volusia County
123 W. Indiana Avenue, Room 202
DeLand, FL 32720
(386) 736-5927
mleigh@co.volusia.fl.us
Immediate Past President Ebenezer Gujjarlapudi City of Jacksonville
407 North Laura Street, Ste 600
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 255-7245
Ebenezer@coj.net
Regular Member Robert Robbins Palm Beach County
2300 N. Jog Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
(561) 233-2454
rrobbins@pbcgov.org
Regular Member Paul Voight

Miami-Dade County
701 NW 1st Court, 4th Floor
Miami, FL 33136
(305) 372-6849
voighp@miamidade.gov

Regular Member Keith Wilkins Escambia County
221 Palafox Place, Ste 210
Pensacola, FL 32502
(850) 595-4988
ktwilkin@co.escambia.fl.us
Associate Member Anthony Janicki Janicki Environmental, Inc
1155 Eden Isle Drive, NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33704
(727) 895-7722
Tjanicki@JanickiEnvironmental.com
Associate Member Alan Pierce The Shaw Environmental Group, Inc
725 US Hwy 301 S
Tampa, FL 33619
(813) 612-3677
alan.pierce@shawgrp.com

The Board shall adopt general policies for the organization and approve the annual budget. The Board shall adopt financial policies for the organization.

Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

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OFFICERS

The Officers of FLERA shall consist of a President, Vice-President, and Secretary/Treasurer.

(1) Duties - The duties of the officers shall be as follows:

(a) The President shall be responsible for calling meetings of the organization and shall preside at all meetings. The President shall oversee the activities of the organization and Executive Director, shall establish committees as provided herein, appoint committee membership and chairpersons, and serve as an exofficio member of all committees.

(b) The Vice-President shall conduct the duties of the President in the President’s absence. The Vice-President shall serve as chairperson of the annual conference committee and shall oversee the planning and completion of the annual conference. He/she shall perform other related duties as assigned by the President. In the event of a vacancy in the current term of office of the President, the Vice- President may elect to assume the office of President.

(c) The Secretary-Treasurer shall ensure that an accurate record of all meetings of the organization is kept and shall oversee the financial affairs of the Organization. In the event of a vacancy in the current term of office of Vice-President, the Secretary-Treasurer may elect to automatically become Vice-President. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have the authority to sign checks on behalf of the organization.


(2) Elections
Election of officers shall be conducted every other year during the annual business meeting of the organization held in conjunction with the Annual Conference. The term of office of each officer shall
be two years. There shall be no limitation on the number of times an office-holder may seek to be reelected to office.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

(1) The Executive Director of the organization shall be nominated by the officers, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Board of Directors.

(2) The Executive Director shall be the executive officer of the organization and, under the direction of the Board of Directors, shall establish and manage the organization office. The Executive Director shall do or cause to be done on behalf of the organization all actions directed by the officers and Board, and shall generally have the power to carry on the business of the organization and to do the things necessary or appropriate to execute the policies, decisions, and instructions of the officers and Board. The Executive Director or the designee of the Executive Director shall keep all records of the organization, give notice of such meetings at the direction of the President, receive all moneys of the organization and record and deposit the same in approved depositories, and at the close of each month, render a financial report to the officers.

Effective 8/5/05, the Executive Director is

Kurt Spitzer Telephone (850) 561-0904 FAX (850) 222-4124


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