Last night’s council vote to raise the mil levy cap for TMTA, expand the membership of the TMTA Board and give City Council members the authority to recommend appointments to the TMTA Board was a huge victory, but much more work lies ahead.

We will need to make sure that the City Council approves the necessary mil increase and that TMTA works to find other sources of funding needed to continue existing services through FY 2010. Beyond that we will need to explore other sources of ongoing funding for our transit system,make sure that TMTA seeks to access any and all viable funding opportunities and insure proper oversite of and community input into TMTA operations.

If advocates have consumers with an interest in this issue, please invite them to the meeting, which is open to all interested parties.

Those planning to attend should RSVP to Jeannine at 233.4572 or jeklund@tilrc.org.

For additional information contact Kevin at ksiek@tilrc.org or 233.4572.