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Contact:  Pete Winton, County Administration,

               (239) 335-2777

LEE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES 2003-04 LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS

FORT MYERS, Fla. (December 16, 2003) - For the benefit of news editors, reporters and citizens who follow and cover the following topics and issues, below are the agency/committee liaisons Board of Lee County Commissioners Chairman John Albion has assigned to his fellow commissioners.

Each year the new chairman makes the assignments as a way for the Board to be represented on - and keep in touch with - various local agencies, committees, boards and issues.

COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JOHN ALBION

Chairman of the Port Authority

Affordable Housing Committee

Regional Planning Council

Horizon Council

Tourist Development Council

 

COMMISSIONER BOB JANES

Smart Growth Committee

Regional Planning Council

Human Services Funding Committee/CCC

Lee County Legislative Delegation Liaison

Public Safety Coordinating Council

 

COMMISSIONER ANDY COY

Lee County School Board

Agriculture

Solid Waste/Utilities

Veterans Affairs

Burnt Store-Veterans Parkway-Colonial Blvd. Expressway Corridor Study Committee

(with Commissioner Janes the Alternate)

 

COMMISSIONER RAY JUDAH

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Trust

Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board

West Coast Inland Navigation District

Fair Board

Black Affairs Advisory Board

 

COMMISSIONER DOUG ST. CERNY

Coalition for a Drug-Free Lee County

Florida Gulf Coast University

Ordinance Review Road

Sheriff's Office

Uncommon Friends