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SERVING THE COUNTIES OF
BLOUNT
CHILTON
ST. CLAIR
WALKER

HARPO BYLAWS
Exective Committee Bylaws adopted March, 2007

Technical Committee Bylaws adopted February, 2007

NEW DOCUMENTS
Planning Work Program (FY 2010), adopted 8-19-09

Coordinated Human Services Plan, updated 9-17-08


  


HARPO COMMITTEES

Article 2.0 of the Heart of Alabama Rural Planning Organization’s Bylaws provides that Committees be appointed to govern and provide leadership. These Committees are charged with the authority to carry out the objectives of HARPO. Additional Committees and Subcommittees may be established when deemed necessary. Each committee consists of representatives from municipal and county governments, both elected and appointed, as well as members from the Regional Planning Commission, who function as staff for HARPO, and members from the Alabama Department of Transportation. Existing committees are the eleven member Executive Committee, which functions as the primary governing body of HARPO, and the thirty-six member Technical Advisory Committee, which identifies and recommends transportation projects within the rural areas.

 

HARPO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Responsibilities

  • Governing body
  • Provides policy direction
  • Quarterly meetings in Birmingham with Committee members from all four counties

Membership

  • One County Commissioner per county appointed by respective County Commission (4 seats)
  • One municipal elected official per county representing all municipalities appointed by collective body of Mayors in each respective county (4 seats)
  • One RPC Board Member
  • One ALDOT Third Division Engineer
  • One ALDOT Fifth Division Engineer

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

 

  

HARPO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Responsibilities

  • Reviews and recommends State Transportation Improvement Plan projects for their counties
  • Reviews other plan documents and recommends changes/ new projects
  • Identifies transportation issues and needs
  • Maintains a work program for planning
  • Quarterly meetings in Birmingham with Committee members from all four counties

Membership

  • One County Engineer (4 seats)
  • One County Planner (4 seats)
  • One Chief Administrative Officer from municipalities over 1,000 population (8 seats)
  • One County Economic Development Director (4 seats)
  • One ALDOT District (County) Engineer (4 seats)
  • One Rural Public Transportation provider Directors (4 seats)
  • One Area Agency on Aging representative (4 seats)
  • RPC Transportation Coordinator (Staff)
  • RPC Board Member
  • One ALDOT Third Division Engineer
  • One ALDOT Fifth Division Engineer

Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes