Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry Presents 2008-2013 Capital Improvement Program to Council

Today, Monday, January 28, 2008, Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry presented the 2008-2013 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to Summit County Council.

The Summit County Charter requires the County Executive to submit a CIP to County Council on an annual basis. The document includes a detailed capital improvement plan proposed for the current fiscal year, 2008, and a program of projects for the period of 2009 through 2013.

Executive Pry’s forty-four page document contains detailed plans to fiscally support the following projects:

• Construction of a new Veterans Service Commission Building
• Construction of a new Summit County Animal Control Facility
• Construction of a new Summit County Sheriff’s Administration Building and renovations to the Summit County Jail
• Renovations to the Summit County Courthouse to provide space for two new judgeships
• Expansion of the Summit County sewer system in southern Summit County
• A Canal Corridor and Greenway Grant to the Ohio & Erie Canal Coalition

In addition to the proposed construction projects, land purchases and renovations, the document also details the financial role the County of Summit will play in financing the public

improvements needed to keep the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s World and North American Headquarters in Summit County.

“The investments contained in this plan reflect those priorities that I believe to be crucial to the success and well being of the citizens of Summit County,” said Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry. “I look forward to working with County Council, County officeholders, local community leaders and businesses to implement this six year program.”

To view Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry’s 2008-2013 County of Summit Capital Improvement Plan click on www.co.summit.oh.us .