Miami-Dade County Boards and Appointment System

ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD (ASAB)

AUTHORITY:	23-107 COUNTY ORDINANCE

DESCRIPTION:	THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD (“ASAB”) IS HEREBY CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVISING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY MAYOR AS TO CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO DOGS AND CATS IN THE COUNTY’S CARE

COMPOSITION:	COMPOSITION: THE ASAB SHALL BE COMPOSED OF 15 VOTING MEMBERS, AS FOLLOWS: (I) EACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER SHALL APPOINT ONE MEMBER. (II) THE COUNTY MAYOR SHALL APPOINT ONE MEMBER. (III)THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (“BOARD”) SHALL APPOINT ONE MEMBER NOMINATED BY THE CHAIRPERSON

QUALIFICATIONS:	EACH MEMBER SHALL REPRESENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES, PROVIDED THAT EACH CATEGORY IS REPRESENTED BY AT LEAST ONE MEMBER: (I) VETERINARIAN LICENSED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO IS CURRENTLY PRACTICING VETERINARY MEDICINE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WHOSE PRACTICE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF CARING FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS; (II) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OF AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION; (III) MEMBER OF A LOCAL, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SERVICES TO STRAY OR UNWANTED ANIMALS; (IV) CERTIFIED ANIMAL BEHAVIORIST; (V) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OF A MUNICIPAL ANIMAL REGULATORY AGENCY EMPOWERED AND AUTHORIZED TO ENFORCE LOCAL ORDINANCES; (VI) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, OR A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHO HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN INVESTIGATING ANIMAL CRUELTY OR OTHER ANIMAL-RELATED CRIMES; (VII) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OR ACTIVE BOARD MEMBER FROM A WILDLIFE ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATION WHO HAS AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE ACTIVELY MANAGING OPERATIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION; (VIII) OWNER, PARTNER, OR OFFICER OF A PET RETAIL STORE WHO RESIDES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, AND WHOSE BUSINESS PARTICIPATES IN THE LOCAL SALES MARKET; (IX) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL WHO SPECIALIZES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, ZOONOTIC, OR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. (X) ATTORNEY WITH EXPERIENCE IN ANIMAL WELFARE LAW. (XI) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OR ACTIVE BOARD MEMBER FROM A COUNTYWIDE OR STATEWIDE FARMING ORGANIZATION, WITH EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING LIVESTOCK. (XII) RESIDENT WHO DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE FOREGOING CATEGORIES, WHO IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXISTING RESCUE AGENCY, AND WHO, WITHIN TWO YEARS PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT, HAS ADOPTED AN ANIMAL FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES

APPOINTMENT PROCESS:	APPOINTMENT PROCESS: EACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S AND THE COUNTY MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UPON THE FILING OF WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID APPOINTMENT WITH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CLERK OF THE BOARD. IT IS PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN APPOINTMENT SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE IF AN APPOINTEE DOES NOT MEET ALL REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION, IN ARTICLE IB OF CHAPTER 2, AND AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CODE. (II) THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPOINTMENT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AFTER ADOPTION BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD

VACANCIES
MEMBER NAME	APPOINTED/NOMINATED BY	CATEGORY
VACANT	OLIVER G. GILBERT, III
VACANT	MARLEINE BASTIEN
VACANT	KEON HARDEMON
VACANT	MICKY STEINBERG
VACANT	EILEEN HIGGINS
VACANT	KEVIN MARINO CABRERA
VACANT	RAQUEL REGALADO
VACANT	DANIELLE COHEN HIGGINS
VACANT	KIONNE MCGHEE
VACANT	ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ
VACANT	ROBERTO J. GONZALEZ
VACANT	JUAN CARLOS BERMUDEZ
VACANT	RENE GARCIA
VACANT	BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS