River Hills Governing Body Structure 

The governing board consists of elected official annual appointments from the five-county service area. There are forty-two total appointing authorities. The total board appointments make up the Full Commission, which meets quarterly. The Full Commission elects the twelve-member Executive Board that meets monthly to conduct routine agency business, which is then ratified by the Full Commission. River Hills currently employs four permanent staff and a seasonal intern as funding allows.

As stipulated in the authorizing legislation for Regional Planning Commissions, the membership of the Commission shall be as follows:

• One county commissioner or qualified person appointed by the county commissioners from each member of the county: Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington Counties.
• One county councilman from each member county: Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington Counties.
• One person appointed by the mayor or town board president of each of the seven largest cities or towns within each member county having a population over 50,000.
• The county surveyor or a qualified person appointed by the surveyor, of each member county having a population over 50,000.
• One person appointed by the mayor or town board president of each of the five largest cities or towns within each member county having a population under 50,000. If there are not five cities or towns in the county, the county commissioners shall appoint enough persons, at-large, to bring the total to five.
• One person appointed by the Governor of the State of Indiana.