Section 47-0105. Establishment of county environmental management councils; members and officers

1. The county governing body of any  county  may  establish  a  county
  environmental management council. Such council may be constituted within
  the  organized  structure  of  county  government  so  as to provide for
  effective coordination among all agencies of the county for the purposes
  of this article. The council shall consist of one member of  each  city,
  town,  and  village  conservation  advisory  council  within the county.
  Additional members as the county appointing authority may provide, shall
  be  appointed  to  serve  at  the  pleasure  of  the  county  appointing
  authority,  for a term not to exceed two years. The presiding officer or
  chairman shall be appointed by  the  county  appointing  authority  from
  among  the  members  of  the council. In addition, the county appointing
  authority may appoint members of the county governing body and the heads
  of those county  departments  whose  work  particularly  affects  or  is
  particularly  affected  by  environmental  considerations, as ex officio
  members of the council. For the  purposes  of  this  article,  the  term
  county  appointing  authority shall mean the body or officer of a county
  authorized by law to make appointments.
    2.   The   county   appointing   authority   is   hereby    authorized
  notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of law to appoint up to four
  members to  the  council  who  are  between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and
  twenty-one.
    3.  Nothing  contained in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the
  establishment  of  a  county  environmental  agency  pursuant  to  other
  provisions of law.