[Adopted 5-2-2005 ATM, Art. 24]
[Amended 11-13-2017 FYTM, Art. 13]
There is hereby appointed a Agricultural Commission, consisting of seven members. The Commission members shall be appointed by the Select Board for a term of three years; provided, however, that the initial appointments shall be staggered so that three members shall be initially appointed for a three-year term, two members shall be initially appointed for a two-year term, and the remaining two members shall be initially appointed for a one-year term; thereafter, all members shall be appointed for three-year terms. Any member of the Commission may be removed by the Select Board, with prior notice to the member and a hearing, for good cause.
To guide its activities, the Commission shall develop a work plan which may include its service as a facilitator to encourage the pursuit of agriculture in Brewster, its promotion of agriculturally based economic opportunities within the Town, its education of other Town boards, committees and departments about farming related issues, its efforts to preserve the agricultural lands currently owned by the Town, its pursuit of initiatives for the creation of a sustainable, agricultural community.