The MPO staff facilitates the Funding Subcommittee, Engineering Subcommittee, Planning Subcommittee, and Long-Range Plan Steering Committee.
Funding Subcommittee
The Funding Subcommittee is a nine-member committee that reviews funding applications and provides the annual award recommendations for Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding and Transportation Alternatives Program funding to the MPO Executive Committee and Policy Committee. The Funding Subcommittee meets are various times throughout the year.
Finance and Budget Subcommittee
The Finance and Budget Subcommittee is chaired by the Treasurer of the MPO and comprised of finance professionals from MPO member governments. The Funding and Budget Subcommittee meets at various times throughout the year.
Transportation Engineering Subcommittee
The Transportation Engineering Subcommittee meets on the first Monday of most months. Open to the public, meetings begin at 1:30 p.m. and are held in the Mead Room at the MPO office, located at 410 Watson Powell, Suite 200, in Des Moines, Iowa 50309. Dates and times are subject to change.
Planning Subcommittee
The Planning Subcommittee meets on the first Monday of most months. Open to the public, meetings begin at 10:00 a.m. and are held in the Mead Room at the MPO office, located at 420 Watson Powell, Suite 200, in Des Moines, Iowa 50309. Dates and times are subject to change.
Long-Range Transportation Plan Steering Committee
The Long-Range Transportation Plan Steering Committee guides the development of Mobilizing Tomorrow, the MPO’s Long-Range Transportation Plan. The plan update is due in September 2019.