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Clinton County Council approves interlocal agreement with Frankfurt to split PIP economic-development budget
Summary
The Clinton County Council voted unanimously to enter an interlocal agreement with the City of Frankfurt to split the roughly $200,000 annual PIP budget about half-and-half, revise the PIP bylaws and appoint county representatives to the PIP board.
The Clinton County Council voted 7-0 at its March meeting to approve an interlocal agreement with the City of Frankfurt to share funding and governance of PIP, the countywide economic development entity.
The agreement splits the roughly $200,000 PIP budget about evenly between the county and the city beginning with the current fiscal year, with the auditor withholding the city's ceded distribution and placing that money in the county's ceded budget to fund PIP. The county council will continue to approve the PIP budget; if PIP requests additional appropriations beyond the approved budget, the city and county would each be asked to provide half of any extra funding.
Council members described the measure as intended to improve communication and make the PIP board an effective single point of contact for city- and county-wide economic development. The agreement is accompanied by a bylaws revision that reduces voting membership to six: three city and three county voting members. The county's three slots will be filled by one commissioner, one council member and one council-appointed member, under the new structure.
The council also voted to fill the county's initial seats under the new bylaws at the meeting and to stagger terms: one seat to expire in 2025 and one in 2026. The interlocal agreement was moved, seconded, and carried 7-0.
The council chair said the change grew from budget discussions last year and earlier dialogue about how PIP should be funded and governed so the entity serves the whole county rather than being county-funded alone.
The motion to approve was made and seconded on the record; the council then approved the appointments and the proposed staggered terms by unanimous voice vote.
Looking ahead, council members said the interlocal should codify city-county cooperation on economic development and require any future request for additional funds to go to both jurisdictions for separate consideration.
