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McMinnVille council hears proposed CIP prioritization framework; staff to pilot facilities list
Summary
Public Works Director Jeff Hunsicker presented an eight-category Capital Improvement Plan prioritization framework to the McMinnVille City Council, proposing a phased rollout with facilities projects first, council-set weightings, and public disclosure of project scores to guide a five-year CIP and long-term (20–30 year) planning.
McMinnVille — Public Works Director Jeff Hunsicker introduced a proposed Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) prioritization framework at the city council work session, saying the tool is intended to align capital projects with council and community priorities and to make project choices more transparent.
"So tonight, I'm gonna be introducing the capital improvement plan or CIP prioritization framework," Hunsicker told the council, outlining the rationale: aging infrastructure, finite financial and staffing resources, and the need for a repeatable annual process to guide multi-million-dollar decisions.
Hunsicker described the proposal as a scoring and weighting system. Project leads would fill out a project scorecard; subject-matter experts would score individual categories; and the council would set the weighting that produces a ranked project list that staff would use when recommending projects for funding during the budget process. "The weighting is done after, and that's, the most important role that the council plays in this process," Hunsicker said.
The staff-proposed scoring matrix includes eight categories: maintenance responsibility;…
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