County Seeks Advisory Board Volunteers

Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity to give back to your community and participate in your county's decision-making process? Serving on an Alachua County advisory board offers you this chance. The Alachua County Commission relies on input from these boards to make informed decisions and set policies.

Over 250 citizens serve on the advisory boards advising county government and local agencies on many topics. They include affordable housing, economic development, environmental protection, human rights, county finances and many other issues. The County Commission seeks citizen volunteers to serve on several advisory boards.

For example, the Health Care Advisory Board has five vacancies. The board identifies specific gaps in health services available for low-income residents, designs programs for meeting identified service needs, recommends patient eligibility criteria and screening procedures, monitors provider contracts and county health care expenditures, advises on community health care needs and status and identifies additional state and federal resources available for providing indigent health care in Alachua County.

Current advisory board openings include:

• Alachua County Housing Authority Board - One vacancy for a tenant alternate.
• Animal Welfare Advisory Committee - One vacancy for a veterinarian (DMV) - owner or employed by an Alachua County private veterinary practice.
• Arts Council of Alachua County - One vacancy for a youth member (must be age 16 -21 at time of appointment).
• Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Board - One vacancy for a county appointee #1.
• Citizen's Advisory Committee to the MTPO - One vacancy for citizen at large/county appointee #1.
• Citizen's Disability Advisory Committee - Two vacancies for citizens at large.
• Health Care Advisory Board - Five vacancies - One vacancy for citizen at large, one for alternate, one dentist or oral health services provider, one doctor or nurse, one health care consumer, and one vacancy for pharmacist or pharmacy provider representative.
• Historical Commission Board - Two vacancies - One for an alternate and one for a citizen at large.
• Land Conservation Board - One vacancy for a citizen at large.
• Library District Board of Trustees - One vacancy for a citizen at large.
• Public Safety Coordinating Council - One representative county state jobs programs-community groups who work with offenders/victims.
• Regional Transit System Advisory Board - Two vacancies for citizens at large.
• Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee - One for a youth member (must be 16-21 at time of appointment).
• Veteran Services Advisory Board - Seven vacancies - Three for a citizens at large, two for Gulf War veteran and two for post-911 veteran.
• Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center Advisory Council - Three vacancies - One for an alternate, three for citizens at large.

Learn more about the duties and meeting logistics or apply online.

For more information, contact Assistant County Manager and Chief of Staff Gina Peebles at 352-337-6279 or [email protected].

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