Florida Administrative Code › 41 - COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED › 41 - Departmental › Chapter 41-2 - COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED › Section 41-2.012 - Coordinating Board Structure and Duties

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The purpose of the Coordinating Board is to identify local
				  service needs and to provide information, advice, and direction to the
				  Community Transportation Coordinator on the coordination of services to be
				  provided to the transportation disadvantaged through the Florida Coordinated
				  Transportation System (FCTS). Each Coordinating Board is recognized as an
				  advisory body to the Commission in its service area. The members of the
				  Coordinating Board shall be appointed by the Metropolitan Planning Organization
				  or the Designated Official Planning Agency. A Coordinating Board shall be
				  appointed in each county. However, when agreed upon in writing, by all Boards
				  of County Commissions in each county to be covered in the service area,
				  multi-county Coordinating Boards may be appointed. The structure and duties of
				  the Coordinating Board shall be as follows:
(1) The Metropolitan Planning Organization or
				Designated Official Planning Agency shall appoint one elected official to serve
				as the official chairperson for all Coordinating Board meetings. The appointed
				chairperson shall be an elected official from the county that the Coordinating
				Board serves. For a multi-county Coordinating Board, the elected official
				appointed to serve as Chairperson shall be from one of the counties
				involved.
(2) The Coordinating
				Board shall hold an organizational meeting each year for the purpose of
				electing a Vice-Chairperson. The Vice-Chairperson shall be elected by a
				majority vote of a quorum of the members of the Coordinating Board present and
				voting at the organizational meeting. The Vice-Chairperson shall serve a term
				of one year starting with the next meeting. In the event of the Chairperson's
				absence, the Vice-Chairperson shall assume the duties of the Chairperson and
				conduct the meeting.
(3) In
				addition to the Chairperson, except for multi-county Coordinating Boards which
				shall have as a representative an elected official from each county, including
				the Chairperson, one of whom shall be elected Vice-Chairperson, the following
				agencies or groups shall be represented on the Coordinating Board, in every
				county as voting members:
(a) A local
				representative of the Florida Department of Transportation;
(b) A local representative of the Florida
				Department of Children and Family Services;
(c) A local representative of the Public
				Education Community which could include, but not be limited to, a
				representative of the District School Board, School Board Transportation
				Office, or Headstart Program in areas where the School District is
				responsible;
(d) In areas where
				they exist, a local representative of the Florida Division of Vocational
				Rehabilitation or the Division of Blind Services, representing the Department
				of Education;
(e) A person
				recommended by the local Veterans Service Office representing the veterans of
				the county;
(f) A person who is
				recognized by the Florida Association for Community Action (President),
				representing the economically disadvantaged in the county;
(g) A person over sixty representing the
				elderly in the county;
(h) A person
				with a disability representing the disabled in the county;
(i) Two citizen advocate representatives in
				the county; one who must be a person who uses the transportation service(s) of
				the system as their primary means of transportation;
(j) A local representative for children at
				risk;
(k) In areas where they
				exist, the Chairperson or designee of the local Mass Transit or Public Transit
				System's Board, except in cases where they are also the Community
				Transportation Coordinator;
(l) A
				local representative of the Florida Department of Elderly Affairs;
(m) An experienced representative of the
				local private for profit transportation industry. In areas where such
				representative is not available, a local private non-profit representative will
				be appointed, except where said representative is also the Community
				Transportation Coordinator;
(n) A
				local representative of the Florida Agency for Health Care
				Administration;
(o) A local
				representative of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities;
(p) A representative of the Regional
				Workforce Development Board established in chapter 445, F.S.; and
(q) A representative of the local medical
				community, which may include, but not be limited to, kidney dialysis centers,
				long term care facilities, assisted living facilities, hospitals, local health
				department or other home and community based services, etc.