Gov. Ron DeSantis has pulled the appointments of 169 people to numerous boards and commissions throughout the state, including three from the St. Johns River Water Management District board, three from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and one from the Indian River State College Board of Trustees.

All were appointed or reappointed by former Gov. Rick Scott and were scheduled to be confirmed by the Florida Senate during the legislative session beginning in March.

In a letter sent Friday to Senate President Bill Galvano, DeSantis said he had "retracted" the appointments.

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Among the "retracted" appointees is John A. Miklos, chairman of the St. Johns water district board.

Miklos is president and senior project manager of Bio-Tech Consulting Inc., an Orlando-based environmental consulting firm. He's been a board member since March 2010, and chairman since November 2013.

A complaint against Miklos was filed Feb. 8 with the Florida Commission on Ethics by Kimberly Buchheit, an Apopka surveyor who claimed Miklos had “a pattern of concealing ‘conflicts’" of interest when contracts his company was tied to came up for a vote.

An investigation by the Daytona Beach News-Journal found the number of permit applications to the St. Johns and South Florida water management districts listing Bio-Tech as a consultant doubled within two years after Miklos was named chairman.

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Other St. Johns River water board members whose appointments were pulled:

Allan Roberts, a St. Augustine cattleman, farmer and real estate agent

Janet Price of Fernandina Beach, environmental affairs manager for Rayonier, Inc., a Florida- based global land resources company

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By early Monday afternoon, photos of the three "retracted" board members were off the district's website.

DeSantis pulled appointments to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council of:

Douglas Bournique, executive vice president and general manager of the Indian River Citrus League representing Indian River County

Bournique also is a member of the St. Johns River water district board, but his appointment to that panel is not up for confirmation.

Robert Lowe, president and broker at Lowe's International Realty Plus on North Hutchinson Island at Fort Pierce representing St. Lucie County

Erica Whitfield, member of the Palm Beach County School Board representing Palm Beach County

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DeSantis also pulled Anthony Dale George Jr. of Stuart, a partner at Fox Wackeen Law Firm in Stuart, from the District Board of Trustees at Fort Pierce-based Indian River State College.

Removed from the Southwest Florida Water Management District board:

Chairman Jeffrey M. Adams, a St. Petersburg attorney representing Pinellas County

Vice Chairman Ed Armstrong, a Dunedin attorney representing Pinellas County

Scott Wiggins, a Tampa civil engineer representing Hillsborough County

Vice Chairman Alphonas Alexander of Madison, a former forester with the Proctor and Gamble Buckeye pulp and paper plant in Perry representing the upper Suwannee River basin, was removed from the Suwanee River Water Management District board.

On Jan. 10, DeSantis asked all nine members of the South Florida Water Management District board to resign.

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Most of the members complied, others will have their terms expire in March and one had resigned before the governor's request.

Desantis told TCPalm Thursday he'll have all nine positions filled by the panel's next meeting March 14.

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