APPROVING THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AND BYLAWS FOR THE GREAT SAUK TRAIL COMMISSION

            WHEREAS, by Resolution 4-14, the Honorable Sauk County Board of Supervisors authorized the creation of a Rails to Trails commission to facilitate the development, operation and maintenance of a recreational trail in cooperation with the State of Wisconsin on a certain rail corridor running from Sauk City to the wye in the Town of Merrimac along with such other further connections as may be appropriate; and,

            WHEREAS, the Villages of Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, the Towns of Prairie du Sac, Sumpter, and Merrimac have joined the trail commission as local partners in an effort to assist Sauk County in carrying out its responsibilities under a contemplated memorandum of understanding with the State of Wisconsin; and,

            WHEREAS, Resolution 4-14 called upon the trail commission to complete an intergovernmental agreement and bylaws to be presented to the County and the local partners for approval, and to adopt a name for the commission; and,

            WHEREAS, the commission has named itself the Great Sauk Trail Commission, and has approved an intergovernmental agreement and bylaws to be presented to the County and the local partners for approval, said documents attached hereto as an Appendix.

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, that the attached Intergovernmental Agreement and Bylaws are hereby approved, and henceforth, the commission shall be known as the Great Sauk Trail Commission; and,

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Trail Development Subcommittee of the Economic Development Committee created by Resolution No. 63-11 is hereby dissolved and its duties assigned to the Great Sauk Trail Commission.