[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Yarmouth 4-8-2008 by Art. 32, approved 8-5-2008. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Selectmen is authorized to appoint
an Agricultural Commission to develop a plan to encourage the pursuit
of agriculture within the Town of Yarmouth and promote agricultural
based economic opportunities within the Town.
The Agricultural Commission shall consist of
five members appointed by the Board of Selectmen with staggered terms
of three-year intervals. The Board of Selectmen, by a majority vote,
may increase the number of Commissioners to seven or nine if it determines
such number would better serve the Town. Members may be removed by
a majority vote of the Board of Selectmen at a public meeting. The
members of the Commission shall serve without compensation.
