Chenango allots $980,000 for local transit
Chenango County is moving ahead with the purchase of more than a half dozen buses for their public-private partnership with First Transit. (Photo by Shawn Magrath)
NORWICH - Chenango County is moving ahead with the purchase of seven new buses to outfit the fleet of First Transit in Norwich.
A resolution passed by the Chenango County Board of Supervisors authorizes the purchase by using a combination of federal, state and local dollars to foot the $980,000 price tag.
While a majority of those funds ($784,000) consist of federal aid, $98,000 comes from New York State while the remaining $98,000 will be local share paid by First Transit, the busing company that services most of Chenango County.
The county owns the 20-plus buses that make up First Transit’s local fleet and replaces worn buses routinely. In 2018, county officials landed $882,000 in state and federal aid for replacement of more than a half-dozen buses. And last year, $1.6 million was awarded through the federal CARES Act for bus replacement and to offset additional losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. First Transit said it projected use of $1.2 million of that money by the end of 2020. Remaining funds were banked for future operations.
The latest round of state and federal funds allows Chenango County to keep its partnership with First Transit. The county will continue leasing buses to the company while the company continues paying other operational expenses.
“This is a routine grant that we receive,” explained County Clerk RC Woodford, who manages the county’s role in its public-private partnership with First Transit. “It’s one we get almost every year.”
Rural transportation funding administered by the Federal Transit Administration exists to bolster public-private partnerships between local governments and the businesses that serve them. In Chenango County, state and federal grants are funneled through county government to help First Transit offset losses incurred by New York State’s takeover of Medicaid transportation. The company lost hundreds of thousands in revenues when the state changed Medicaid transportation sanctions and, in 2014, it broached the idea of pulling operations out of the area.
A resolution passed by the Chenango County Board of Supervisors authorizes the purchase by using a combination of federal, state and local dollars to foot the $980,000 price tag.
While a majority of those funds ($784,000) consist of federal aid, $98,000 comes from New York State while the remaining $98,000 will be local share paid by First Transit, the busing company that services most of Chenango County.
The county owns the 20-plus buses that make up First Transit’s local fleet and replaces worn buses routinely. In 2018, county officials landed $882,000 in state and federal aid for replacement of more than a half-dozen buses. And last year, $1.6 million was awarded through the federal CARES Act for bus replacement and to offset additional losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. First Transit said it projected use of $1.2 million of that money by the end of 2020. Remaining funds were banked for future operations.
The latest round of state and federal funds allows Chenango County to keep its partnership with First Transit. The county will continue leasing buses to the company while the company continues paying other operational expenses.
“This is a routine grant that we receive,” explained County Clerk RC Woodford, who manages the county’s role in its public-private partnership with First Transit. “It’s one we get almost every year.”
Rural transportation funding administered by the Federal Transit Administration exists to bolster public-private partnerships between local governments and the businesses that serve them. In Chenango County, state and federal grants are funneled through county government to help First Transit offset losses incurred by New York State’s takeover of Medicaid transportation. The company lost hundreds of thousands in revenues when the state changed Medicaid transportation sanctions and, in 2014, it broached the idea of pulling operations out of the area.
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