FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:    Pete Winton, County Administration,
                (941) 335-2777

FORT MYERS, Fla. (December 6, 2001) – 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 Bob Janes 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.

Chairman of the Port Authority
Horizon Council
Human Services Funding Committee/CCC
Lee County Legislative Delegation Liaison
Regional Planning Council
Smart Growth
Uncommon Friends

CREW Trust
Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board
Juvenile Justice
WCIND

Lee County School Board
Minority Affairs/Disadvantaged Business
Solid Waste/Utilities
Veteran Affairs

Commissioner Doug St. Cerny, District 2

Black Affairs Advisory Board
Coalition for a Drug-Free Lee County
Florida Gulf Coast University
Ordinance Review Board
Sheriff’s Office

Affordable Housing Committee
Agriculture
Fair Board
Regional Planning Council
Tourist Development Council