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Organization
The Commission is organized under Section 66.945 of
the Wisconsin Statutes. Commission bylaws are
available. The Commission
is the official comprehensive, areawide planning agency for the ten county
East Central Region of Wisconsin including the
counties of Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Menominee,
Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and
Winnebago.
The Commission provides the basic information and planning
services necessary to solve problems which
transcend the corporate boundaries and fiscal capabilities of individual
governmental jurisdictions. The Commission has a
statutory duty to prepare and adopt comprehensive plans for the physical
development of the region. Such plans include land
use, transportation, open space, economic development and environmental
management elements. The Commission also
provides technical assistance to participating governments with issues of
concern to that jurisdiction.
The full commission meets quarterly to conduct business on the last Friday
of January, April, July and October and has an
annual meeting on the Wednesday before Memorial Day to receive the Annual
Report and the standing committee
appointments. Quarterly meetings are held throughout the region at
the courthouse of the hosting county. Standing committees
include Steering, Economic Development, Regional Comprehensive Planning,
Open Space and Environmental Management, Transportation and Community
Facilities. Committees meet at least once between each quarterly Commission
meeting.
Commission Representation Representation on the
Commission board consists of three commissioners from each county as
follows:
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The Chairman of the county board serves on the Commission
because of his or her elective office.
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A second member is appointed by the county board. This
individual must hold executive or legislative elective office within town,
village, city or county governmental bodies within the appointing county.
This member is automatically the county executive, if the county has one.
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A third member is appointed by the Governor from a list of
six persons nominated by the county board. At least four of these nominees
must be private citizens.
Additional representatives are
provided to counties with a population of 50,000 or greater; one for each attained increment of 50,000. They are appointed as follows:
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