Northport Village Council trustees were presented with a draft review of its Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) at its regular meeting Aug. 8. The CIP plan was approved to be sent and further reviewed by the village planning commission (PC) as required by the Michigan Planning Act.
According to the village manager’s report, the village has been working on creating an allinclusive and continually updated list of capital needs to inform the budget process over the next five years. Trustees at the meeting were encouraged to engage with the CIP list and to add comments, suggestions for modifications, as well as proposals for other projects as they see fit.
“Because the statute requires that the first go-around of the capital improvement program is conducted by the planning commission, I was asked to consider a process by which they would undertake to provide feedback to you,” said Village Council Manager Jim Dyer at the meeting. “That would give us an actual prioritization of those projects and hopefully an informed budget process for 2025… It’s a capital improvement program and it is literally a wish list, that’s the best way to look at it.”
