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Cascade Charter Township reviews $31 million draft Capital Improvement Plan, earmarks feasibility study and DDA placeholder
Summary
Township staff presented a draft six-year Capital Improvement Plan totaling just over $31 million, including a $15 million placeholder tied to the DDA; staff proposed a $150,000 facilities feasibility study and said CIP numbers will be carried into the draft 2026 budget for board review.
Cascade Charter Township staff presented the draft six-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to trustees, laying out a project list of just over $31 million and explaining how those figures will be incorporated into the township’s 2026 budget. Staff said $15 million of the document is a DDA placeholder for an envisioned village project, leaving roughly $16 million of other capital across six years; the draft shows about $19 million of projects presented for 2026, including the DDA placeholder.
Why it matters: the CIP sets multi-year priorities that guide project planning, budgeting and potential bonding. Staff and trustees emphasized that approving projects in the CIP places them in the draft budget but does not authorize purchases; items above the township’s purchasing threshold will return to the board for formal award.
Speaker 6, the staff presenter, said, “This is the planning document. These numbers, if you approve them, go into the budget that you would then review and…
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