The membership of the Council consists of:

      (a)      The State Senators and Delegates representing Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, as voting members;

      (b)      The county commissioners of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, as voting members;

      (c)      One voting member appointed by the president of the Southern Maryland Municipal Association;

      (d)      One voting member-at-large from each county recommended by the commissioners of those counties and subject to the concurrence of the State Senators and Delegates from each county;

      (e)      One nonvoting member appointed by the economic development commission and the planning and zoning commission of each county; and

      (f)      One nonvoting member appointed by the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development and the Maryland Department of Planning.