Capital Improvement Committee

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Committee type and reporting relationship. The CIP is a Marathon County subcommittee which reports to the Finance and Property Standing Committee.

Purpose. The committee is to review and prioritize capital project requests submitted by committees of the County Board. The CIP committee will assemble these requests into short and long term capital asset project plans for the review and consideration by the Finance and Property Committee. These plans, as prepared or as modified by the County Administrator, will be included as part of the County Administrator's initial budget submission to the Finance and Property Committee. (Adopted 2008 by County Board.)

Statutory responsibility. None.

Membership. Total of seven members consisting of four County Board Supervisors, three citizen members.

The committee will be chaired by a County Board Supervisor who serves on the Finance and Property Committee.

Technical support staff will consist of the County Administrator and administrative staff they assign.

Member term. All members are appointed for a two-year term to coincide with biennial organization of the County Board, appointed by the County Board Chair and confirmed by the County Board. Committee vacancies will be filled according to County Board Rule 13.

Duties and Responsibilities.

1. Develop and Recommend allocation/prioritization guidelines to the Finance and Property Committee for incorporation into the budgetary guidelines to be approved by the Marathon County Board.

2. Review and rank capital project requests submitted by Marathon County Standing Committees consistent with approved guidelines. (All non-county committee/board/commission requests will be submitted through the appropriate standing committee.)

3. Develop and provide the County Finance and Property Committee with a Capital Plan that includes the annual priorities and a rolling five year projection, (updated annually) for considered inclusion in the annual budget.

4. Monitor the progress of and provide regular status updates, for all major capital projects under construction or installation, to the Finance and Property Committee of the Marathon County Board.

Other organization relationships. None.

Committee Members:

Name	Address	Home Phone	Business Phone
Bill Miller Chairperson	2201 Fern Lane Wausau, WI 54401	715-355-7156
Todd McDonald	3636 Sherah Drive Wausau, WI 54401	715-571-3053	715-845-8000
Barb Ermeling	5909 Willard Lane Weston, WI 54476	715-355-4365
Sandi Cihlar	1758 Bergen Road Mosinee, WI 54455	715-470-2502
Peter DeSantis	2102 Fern Lane Wausau, WI 54401
Chuck Kornack	105 Caroline Street Athens, WI 54411	715-257-7657
Barkley Anderson	1563 11th Avenue Edgar, WI 54426