Policy Board




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<h1>Policy Board </h1>
<p><a href="/Minutes/content.html">Policy Board Minutes </a></p> 
              <p>The Policy Board is Metro COG&#8217;s executive decision making 
                body. It meets the third Thursday of every month except November. 
                The board performs three primary functions. First, the board reviews 
                and approves all of Metro COG&#8217;s work activities, budgets, 
                bills, etc. Second, the board discusses transportation issues 
                affecting the metropolitan area. The multi-jurisdictional nature 
                of the Policy Board provides the forum in which many of the inter-jurisdictional 
                projects accomplished in the Fargo-Moorhead area get their start; 
                inter-jurisdictional transportation issues are frequently handled 
                from start to finish by the Policy Board. A third and extremely 
                important function of the Policy Board is their endorsement of 
                policies to other governing bodies. Because the Metro COG is representative 
                of the metropolitan area and its Policy Board made up of elected 
                officials and planning officials, the Metro COG is able to submit 
                comments and request to the North Dakota and Minnesota State Legislatures 
                and Departments of Transportation and the US Congress and Department 
                of Transportation on behalf of the local municipalities. These 
                efforts allow the local governments to support each other in their 
                endeavors to improve their communities and ensure that the needs 
                of the Fargo-Moorhead area are voiced at the higher levels of 
                government.<br />
              Metro COG is comprised of 13 voting members who represent the 
                metropolitan area, and establish overall policy direction for 
                all aspects of the area wide planning program. The Policy Board 
                consists of at least three-quarters elected officials, and each 
                jurisdiction's voting power is based on its approximate share 
                of the area's population. <br /></p>
              <h3>Policy Board Members</h3>
             
                <p>John Rowell, Moorhead City Council <br />Darrel Vanyo, Chair, Cass County Commission<br />Jeffrey Morrau, Fargo Planning Commission <br />Linda Coates, Fargo City Commission <br />Brad Wimmer, Fargo City Commission<br />Julie Nash, Dilworth City Council <br />Dr. Timothy Mahoney, Fargo City Commission<br />Greg Lemke, Moorhead City Council <br />Carrie Smith, Glyndon City Commission, Associate 
                  Member <br />Richard Sundberg, Harwood City Commission, 
                  Associate Member<br />John Q. Paulsen, Fargo Planning Commission<br />Rich Slagle, Fargo Planning Commission<br />Wayne Ingersoll, Moorhead Planning Commission<br />Mark Simmons, West Fargo City Commission <br />Jerry Waller, Vice Chair, Clay County Commission <br />Mike Williams, Fargo City Commission <br />
             
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              Membership in Metro COG is voluntary; however, through the 33 
                years of FM COG's existence, all jurisdictions have continued 
                to actively participate in the organization because of the benefits 
                yielded by multi-jurisdictional cooperation.<br>
              
              The Board selects the Executive Director who is responsible for 
                hiring and supervising the staff and administering the metropolitan 
                planning program.</p>