§ 30-78. Advisory committee.

(a)

There is hereby established a food protection advisory board to advise the director on the processes undertaken by the food protection program including but not limited to fee charges and food code revisions. The board shall consist of nine members including the health department's environmental health services division manager and a chairperson who shall be the program manager of food protection. The board members shall be appointed by the mayor and shall include: a representative of the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association, which is a local affiliate of the Missouri Restaurant Association, a member of academia, a member of the food industry who is not affiliated with the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association, a representative of the medical community, a representative of the Retail Grocers Association and two members at large recommended by the director. The chairperson and the environmental health services division manager shall not have a vote. The board is hereby authorized to establish its own rules and regulations to implement this charge.

(b)

All board appointments shall be for a period of two years except the initial appointments of four members which shall be one year.

(Ord. No. 010356, § 1, 3-15-01)