Turnpike U.S. Highway 1 U.S. Highway 98 U.S. Highway 441 State Road A1A State Road 76 County Road 707 State Road 710 State Road 714 State Road 732 Trails The Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, a segment of the Florida National Scenic Trail, passes through Martin County. Government Martin County is a non-chartered county and its form of government is prescribed by the Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes, as follows: Board of County Commissioners The Board of County Commissioners is the legislative body of the county and has charge of all county executive and administrative functions, except those assigned by the Constitution to independent county officers or to the independent school district. The board also has some quasi-judicial functions. Some of functions exercised by the board are county-wide, while others are applicable only in the unincorporated areas of the county, where the board has many of the functions of a municipality. The county commissioners are elected by county-wide vote, but each one represents a specific district. The board appoints the county administrator who is responsible to it for the day-to-day operations of the county government. The current county commissioners by district number are: 1. Doug Smith, Vice Chair 2. Stacey Hetherington, Chair 3. Harold Jenkins 4. Sarah Heard 5. Edward Ciampi Constitutional officers The elected Constitutional officers are: Clerk (Clerk of Courts, County Clerk, etc.): Carolyn Timmann Property Appraiser: Jenny Fields Sheriff: William Snyder Supervisor of Elections: Vicki Davis Tax Collector: Ruth Pietruszewski School district The independent Martin County School District has a board appointed superintendent of schools and an elected school board, as follows: The superintendent, Dr. John D. Millay, is the chief administrator of the district. The school board is the legislative body of the district and also exercises quasi-judicial powers. School Board members are elected county wide but each one represents a specific district. The current board members by district are: 1. Marsha Powers, Chair 2. Tony Anderson, Vice Chair 3. Christia Li Roberts 4. Victoria Defenthaler 5. Michael DiTerlizzi Electoral politics Martin County is a long-standing Republican stronghold which has not supported a Democrat for the White House since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944. Registered Democrats are third in the county, outnumbered by not only Republicans but also Unaffiliated voters. Voter registration According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans are a majority of registered voters in Martin County. Libraries The Martin County Library System has 6