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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 /> 6 <br />