Northwest Regional Planning Commission held its Executive Committee Meeting at their Spooner Office on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.
Chairman Doug Finn welcomed the Board of Director’s and special guests Tom Beekman and Brent Pickard with the WI DOT. Colene Frye and Karen Johnson, Planner’s with the St. Croix Chippewa Tribe were also in attendance. Minutes of the October 28, 2009 Meeting, Vouchers, Contract List and sponsorship for Superior Days were all approved by the Board. The 4th Quarter Financial Report and Executive Director’s Report was given along with a County Issues Roundtable discussion.
A PowerPoint presentation was given by Tom Beekman of the WI DOT Northern Region. The DOT Northern Region services 20 counties, including 8 of the 10 Counties NWRPC serves. The presentation was a breakdown of funding distribution and a look at local projects taking place over the next 2-3 years. Please visit www.dot.wisconsin.gov for more information.
Mark O’Connell, Executive Director of the WI Counties Association called into the meeting for a brief explanation of Senate Bill 440. For more information please visit www.legis.state.wi.us or to reach Mr. O’Connell, please visit www.wicounties.org.
Section Report updates from Planning & Housing (Sheldon Johnson), Financial (John Stroschine) and Business Development/Enterprise Centers (Rick Roeser) were presented to the Board. Dave Dumke with ITBEC also provided an update. For more information regarding ITBEC, please visit www.northwestwisconsin.com.
The meeting adjourned around 12:30 p.m. The next meeting of the NWRPC Executive Committee, will be on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. at the NWRPC office in Spooner. Please note that there is no February meeting due to Superior Days (www.superiordays.com). Therefore, the March meeting will be moved up to the 3rd Wednesday of the month instead of the last Wednesday of the month as usual.