There is established the Advisory Committee on Aging for the County which shall: Receive regular reports from the Department of Family Services regarding the status of current operations and future planning. Make recommendations as may be appropriate on various services and programs for the aging. Maintain communications between our older citizens and the County Executive and the Council. Strive for a fuller utilization of the energies, skills, and knowledge of our older citizens for the benefit of themselves and society. Strive for the development of a positive socioeconomic educational climate which emphasizes the vigor and usefulness of those in later life.

The Advisory Committee on Aging shall consist of twenty-four (24) members: one-third (1/3) of the members shall be senior citizens (age sixty (60) and over), one-third (1/3) representing public and nonprofit agencies having programs which benefit the older citizens, and one-third (1/3) representing the public at large. The members shall be appointed by the County Executive, subject to confirmation by the Council. Terms shall be staggered. No term shall exceed three (3) years. The Committee shall elect yearly from its own membership a chairman and such other officers as the Committee determines necessary; provided that no member shall serve as chairman for more than two (2) years. The Committee's secretarial services shall be provided by the Department of Family Services.

To provide program representation required by certain federal and State grant projects, the Director of the Department of Family Services, with the approval of the County Executive, may name persons to serve ex officio with the Committee.