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Member Unit with each Principal Member Unit being entitled to a share of such proceeds bearing the <br />same ratio as the Contribution of that Principal Member Unit to the Council in the most recent fiscal <br />year. <br />4. Membership, Voting and Term of Office. <br />(a) Indian River County and Martin County, and St. Lucie County, as Principal Member Units, shall each <br />be represented by two (2) members, and Palm Beach County as a Principal Member Unit shall be <br />represented by three (3) members. All members shall be appointed from the respective elected county <br />Governing Body by such Governing Body. <br />(b) In addition to the Principal Member Unit membership referred to in 4.(a) above, Martin County shall <br />be entitled to one (1) municipal member to serve on the Council, St. Lucie County and Indian River <br />County shall be entitled to two (2) municipal members each to serve on the Council, and Palm. Beach <br />County shall be entitled to five (5) municipal members to serve on the Council. Such municipal <br />members shall be municipal Elected Officials from a Participating Member Unit who serve on a <br />municipal Governing Body in the respective counties. The municipal members and their alternates <br />shall be appointed by a participating member or members from the respective counties subject to the <br />approval of the Board of County Commissioners of the applicable Principal Member Unit. <br />(c) The Governor of the State of Florida shall appoint a maximum of nine (9) voting members as <br />Appointed Representatives. Unless otherwise required by law, the counties in the Region shall be <br />represented by the Governor's voting members in the following manner: Indian River County one (1) <br />representative; Martin County two (2) representatives; St. Lucie County two (2) representatives; and <br />Palm Beach County four (4) representatives. <br />(d) Each Principal Member Unit shall appoint an alternate for each Appointed Representative. These. <br />alternates shall be Elected Officials and shall be approved by the Governing Body of the Principal <br />Member Unit. In the event that neither the Appointed Representative nor his/her regular alternate is <br />present at a Council meeting and there is another alternate from the same county present (who is not <br />needed to attend for the Appointed Representative for whom he/she is the regular alternate) then this <br />alternate may substitute for the absent Appointed Representative. A person that has been appointed as <br />an alternate for an Appointed Representative from a Participating Member Unit may also serve as an <br />alternate for an Appointed Representative from the same county under the preceding sentence. <br />(e) There shall be appointed for each Appointed Representative from a Participating Member Unit one <br />alternate. These alternates shall be municipal Elected Officials from a .Participating Member Unit who <br />serve on a municipal Governing Body. In the event that neither the Appointed Representative nor his <br />Alternate is present at a Council meeting and there is another Alternate from the same county present <br />(who is not needed to attend for the Appointed Representative for whom he is the regular Alternate), <br />then this Alternate may substitute for the absent Appointed Representative. A person that has been <br />appointed as an Alternate for an Appointed Representative from a Principal Member Unit may also <br />