A council of communities advisory committee is established to serve the board of commissioners of Porter County in an advisory capacity. (Ord. 97-25 § 1 )

    The council of communities advisory committee will be an advisory committee created for the sole purpose of providing the Porter County board of commissioners with an advisory opinion on matters that have proven to be of utmost concern to the local communities located in and about Porter County, Indiana. (Ord. 97-25 § 2 )

    The council of communities advisory committee will be comprised of one member from the Porter County board of commissioners, and the mayor, and/or town board president, or their duly designated representative, of the below enumerated municipalities located within the corporate boundaries of Porter County:

     a. Town of Beverly Shores;

     b. Town of Burns Harbor;

     c. Town of Chesterton;

     d. Town of Dune Acres;

     e. Town of Hebron;

     f. Town of Kouts;

     g. Town of Ogden Dunes;

     h. Town of Pines;

     i. City of Portage;

     j. Town of Porter;

     k. City of Valparaiso. (Ord. 97-31; Ord. 97-25 § 3 )

    The council of communities advisory committee will meet as often as necessary to establish an agenda of prioritized concerns which affect each of the communities, which agenda will be submitted to the Porter County board of commissioners for consideration on a quarterly basis. (Ord. 97-25 § 4 )

    A. The council of communities advisory committee will be responsible for formulating an agenda which contains a list of priority areas of common community concern with the intent of presenting a single issue to the Porter County board of commissioners for consideration and discussion with the Porter County board of commissioners with the goal of implementing and agreeing upon a solution to the single issue addressed, prior to moving forward to the next priority issue.

     B. The council of communities advisory committee shall be officially established for the sole function and purpose of advising the Porter County board of commissioners on those matters specifically identified by that committee as having local and common concerns to each of the communities represented on the advisory committee and for advising the Porter County board of commissioners as to those concerns so that a cooperative effort and action may be taken on behalf of the Porter County board of commissioners to assist in the areas identified which may include but not be limited to:     

     1. Well water issues;

     2. Transportation issues;

     3. Zoning issues;

     4. Any other matters which are identified by the council of communities advisory committee as having an impact on the effective operation of local government in Porter County, Indiana. (Ord. 97-25 §§ 5, 6 )

    The council of communities advisory committee will serve at the pleasure of the Porter County board of commissioners for the sole purpose of making recommendations to the Porter County board of commissioners as to the areas identified and prioritized by that committee as having local and common concern and said advisory committee may be dissolved at any time by the Porter County board of commissioners. (Ord. 97-25 § 7 )