River Hills Governing Body Structure and 2009 Board Members

The governing board consists of elected official annual appointments from the five-county service area. There are forty-two total appointing authorities. The total board appointments make up the Full Commission, which meets quarterly. The Full Commission elects the twelve-member Executive Board that meets monthly to conduct routine agency business, which is then ratified by the Full Commission. River Hills currently employs seven permanent staff and a seasonal intern as funding allows.

As stipulated in the authorizing legislation for Regional Planning Commissions, the membership of the Commission shall be as follows:

• One county commissioner or qualified person appointed by the county commissioners from each member of the county: Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington Counties.
• One county councilman from each member county: Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington Counties.
• One person appointed by the mayor or town board president of each of the seven largest cities or towns within each member county having a population over 50,000: Jeffersonville City, Clarksville Town, Charlestown City, Sellersburg Town, New Providence Town, New Albany City, Georgetown Town and Greenville Town.
• The county surveyor or a qualified person appointed by the surveyor, of each member county having a population over 50,000: Clark County Surveyor - Floyd County Surveyor.
• One person appointed by the mayor or town board president of each of the five largest cities or towns within each member county having a population under 50,000. If there are not five cities or towns in the county, the county commissioners shall appoint enough persons, at-large, to bring the total to five:
  
  
  • Cities: Scottsburg and Salem
  • Towns: Corydon, Palmyra, Lanesville, Elizabeth, New Pekin, Crandall, Austin, Hardinsburg, Campbellsburg and Fredericksburg

One person appointed by the Governor of the State of Indiana.

2009 COMMISSION MEMBERS

• Chairman - Mayor William H. Graham
• Vice Chairman - John Fultz
• Secretary - Fred Cammack
• Treasurer - Perry Smith

Clark County

• Dana Young, City of Jeffersonville
• *Ruth Sparks, Town of Borden
• Paul J. Rhodes, Town of Sellersburg
• Jimmy Carter , Town of Utica
• *Charles King, Clark County Commissioners
• Jim McCoskey, Clark County Commissioners
• *Perry Smith, Clark County Council
• Jim McCoy, Clark County Surveyor

Floyd County

• Carl Malysz, City of New Albany
• Billy Stewart, Town of Georgetown
• Charles Freiberger, Floyd County Commissioners
• *Adam Dickey, Floyd County Commissioners
• Harry Harbison , Floyd County Commissioners
• *Dana Fendley, Floyd County Commissioners
• Don Lopp, Floyd County Surveyor

Harrison County

• * Fred Cammack, Town of Corydon
• Paul Eveslage, Town of Palmyra
• Herb Schneider, Town of Lanesville
• *James Gordon Pendleton, Harrison County Council
• Terry Miller, Harrison County Commissioners

Scott County

• *William H. Graham, City of Scottsburg Mayor
• Douglas Campbell, City of Austin
• Robert Peacock, Scott County Commissioners
• Matt Wirth, Scott County Commissioners
• *Steve Meyer, Scott County Commissioners
• Kelley Robbins , Scott County Council

Washington County

• Wally Terkhorn, City of Salem
• Chris Boulet , Town of Campbellsburg
• Jack Miller, Town of Hardinsburg
• Scott Cole, Town of Little York
• John C. Roberts, Town of New Pekin
• *John Fultz, Washington County Council
• *Sam Barnett, Washington County Commissioners
  

*Members of Executive Board