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File #: 17-554A    Version: 1
Type: Appointment Status: Passed
File created: 3/24/2017 Department: County Commission
On agenda: 5/23/2017 Final action: 5/23/2017
Title: Appointments to the Council for Persons with Disabilities (individual appointments by each Commissioner).
Attachments: 1. applicant-worksheet Council for Persons with Disabilities_April 2017.pdf, 2. Adopted RES 17-31

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Appointments to the Council for Persons with Disabilities (individual appointments by each Commissioner).

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Recommended Action:recommended action

Approve the appointments of 7 members to the Council for Persons with Disabilities (Council) for two-year terms (individual appointments by each Commissioner).
Jennifer Boggess - Karen Seel
James “Steve” Cleveland - Janet C. Long
Kailey Creech - Pat Gerard
Keli Mondelo - John Morroni
Douglas Towne - Dave Eggers
Deborah Figgs-Sanders - Kenneth T. Welch
To Be Determined - Charlie Justice

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Background Information: Seven of the 13 members of the Council are individual appointments by each member of the Board of County Commissioners (Board). 

The other members are appointed by the organizations listed in Pinellas County Ordinance Section 70-403(a). The Board of County Commissioners approved the Ordinance creating the Council at its March 7, 2017 meeting.

The 6 organizations’ appointments are as follows:
     Jody Armstrong - Disability Achievement Center
     Angel Watson - Florida Gulf Coast paralyzed Veterans of America
     Jack Humburg - Boley Centers
     Richard LaBelle - Family Network on Disabilities
     Harriet Crozier - Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas, Inc.
     Karen Higgins - Providing Advocacy & Recognizing Capabilities (PARC)

 Attachments: Applicant Worksheet