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Board Composition
The composition of every farmland protection board is dictated by the Voluntary Farmland Protection Act at WV Code § 8A-12-4.
The Pocahontas County Farmland Protection Board is composed of seven members, each serving without compensation but eligible for reimbursement of actual expenses while engaged in the discharge of official duties. A majority of members are required to be county residents. Each member is a voting member, except for the Pocahontas County Commissioner, who shall serve in a non-voting, advisory capacity. All members are appointed by the Pocahontas County Commission and serve at the will and pleasure of the Commission.
The specific composition of the Board is as follows:
1) One Pocahontas County Commissioner.
2) Executive Director of the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Authority.
3) One farmer who is a member of the Pocahontas County Farm Bureau.
4) One farmer who is a member of the Greenbrier Soil Conservation District.
5) One farmer who need not be a member of any farm organization.
6) One county resident who is not a member of the foregoing organizations.
7) One county resident who is not a member of the foregoing organizations.
*Members #3 - #7 must be county residents.
Current Board Members are:
- Jesse Groseclose, 799-4956
- Mickey Deike, 456-4852
- Leslee McCarty, 653-4387
- Cadwell Tyler, 653-2097
- Dick Evans, 653-4927
- Martin Saffer, 799-7388
- Dick Nevi
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