APPROVING THE CITY OF BARABOO, THE TOWN OF BARABOO, & THE VILL OF WEST BARABOO TO JOIN & BECOME LOCAL PARTNERS TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAUK COUNTY & PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTS IN THE DEV, OPERATION, & MAINTENANCE OF THE GREAT SAUK TRAIL

Background: The Great Sauk Trail Commission facilitates intergovernmental cooperation in and oversees the development, operation, and maintenance of a trail on former railroad right-of-way in Sauk County and to develop and encourage, where appropriate, various connections to this Trail.  The Commission is comprised of representatives from the units of government through which the trail runs, and began with representatives from the first segment of the Great Sauk State Trail – Sauk County, Villages of Prairie du Sac and Sauk City, and the Towns of Merrimac, and Prairie du Sac (“Local Partner”).  The Intergovernmental Agreement between these units of government and the Bylaws of the Great Sauk Trail Commission were approved by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors by Resolution No. 17-2014. 

The Intergovernmental Agreement and Bylaws envisioned expansion of the Great Sauk Trail Commission as the Trail extended further through Sauk County, by providing that if the Trail is extended, other units of government may join the Agreement as Local Partners with the unanimous consent of the parties to the Agreement.  The parties to the Agreement are Sauk County and the current Local Partners noted above.  It is anticipated that The City of Baraboo, the Town of Baraboo, and the Village of West Baraboo will wish to join the Great Sauk Trail Commission as Local Partners. 

This resolution approves and gives consent to the City of Baraboo, the Town of Baraboo, and the Village of West Baraboo to join the Intergovernmental Agreement as Local partners.