Solid Waste Technical Management Committee (TMC)
Pinellas County Code, Section 106-54

There shall be created a Technical Management Committee consisting of 13 members, serving and selected as provided in this section.

(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners; two members shall be appointed by the city commission of St. Petersburg; one member shall be appointed by and for each of the respective city commissions for Clearwater, Dunedin, Largo, Pinellas Park, St. Petersburg Beach, and Tarpon Springs. Each of the above members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing body.

Further, one member shall be appointed by the combined city commissions of Belleair, Belleair Bluffs, Oldsmar and Safety Harbor; one member shall be appointed by the combined city commissions of Seminole, Kenneth City, Gulfport, and South Pasadena; and one member shall be appointed by the combined city commissions of Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Belleair Beach, Belleair Shores, North Redington Beach, Redington Beach, Redington Shores, Treasure Island, and Madeira Beach. Each appointed member serving for the combined municipalities shall hold office for a term of two years and until a successor has been appointed and qualified. A vacancy occurring during a term of any such member shall be filled only for the balance of the unexpired term.

A selection to fill a vacancy or select a successor shall be made within 60 days after the occurrence of the vacancy or before expiration of the term, whichever is applicable. If any selection is not made by a municipality or by the combined city commissions of the municipalities as provided herein, the county commission shall appoint an eligible person from the area to be represented with like effect as if the selection were made by the municipality or municipalities. Any member of the committee shall be eligible for reappointment.

(2) Each appointed member of the committee shall be a qualified professional person having experience in the field of solid waste collection and disposal, utility management, health, public administration, engineering, accounting, economics, auditing, or environmental resources; however, the committee shall be so composed that no field of specialization shall have more than three members on the committee. The committee may determine, and such determination shall be final, as to the fields of specialization that are available to fill any vacancy.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 75-487, § 5; Laws of Fla. ch. 80-589, § 4)