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seven at -large members. Appointments are for terms of two years. <br />2 <br />MOUNT PLEASANT PLANNING BOARD AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT <br />This board guides, reviews, regulates land development within and around the <br />boundaries of the Town of Mt. Pleasant and hears and decides on appeals of zoning <br />within the Town's jurisdiction. The Board of Commissioners appoints two persons who <br />reside within the Town's extraterritorial jurisdiction area for terms of three years. <br />NURSING HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />This committee seeks to maintain the intent of the Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights <br />for those persons residing in nursing homes, works to ensure appropriate conditions <br />within the nursing homes and promotes community involvement with those homes. <br />Members cannot be employed by a nursing home nor have any financial interest, directly <br />or indirectly, in a nursing home. Also, no immediate family of a nursing home resident in <br />Cabarrus County can serve on the committee. Initial appointments are made for terms of <br />one year with successive appointments of three years. <br />PIEDMONT AREA MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE <br />AUTHORITY <br />This authority plans, budgets, implements and monitors the provision of services in this <br />program area. Membership consists of four members from each of the counties of <br />Cabarrus, Union, Stanly and Rowan. The Cabarrus County Commissioners appoint one <br />of its members to serve on the Authority. That Commissioner then makes <br />recommendations concerning the appointment of the other three representatives from <br />Cabarrus County to the Authority for terms of four years. Appointees should meet one of <br />the following criteria: a family member of an individual with developmental disabilities; a <br />family member of an individual in recovery from addiction; an individual from a citizens <br />organization composed primarily of consumers or their family members; or a physician <br />who is certified as having completed a residency in psychiatry. <br />PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY OF CABARRUS COUNTY <br />The authority seeks to enhance public /private health care partnerships, stabilize county <br />dollars going to support health services, and to provide consolidation and long range <br />planning for health services. It also acts as the local board of health and is charged to <br />protect and promote the public health of the citizens of Cabarrus County. Membership is <br />as follows: Member or designee of the Board of County Commissioners; Member of the <br />Cabarrus County Medical Society; Member of the Cabarrus Physicians Organization; <br />Member or designee of the CMC- NorthEast Medical Center Board of Trustees; and three <br />members from the general public not affiliated with the above organizations, but <br />recommended by the nominees of those organizations. <br />REGION F AGING ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />This committee advises the Centralina Council of Governments (COG) staff and COG <br />Board on area plans for the aging within the nine - county region. County Commissioners <br />appoint three members and one alternate to the 26- member regional committee. The <br />appointments are for terms of two years except for the alternate appointment, which is a <br />one -year term. <br />Attachment number 1 <br />1 -2 Page 215 <br />