Senior-services provider warns of potential transit divestment; requests coordinated transition to avoid service gaps
Marion Senior Services said rising insurance and liability costs threaten its paratransit operations and signaled it may divest transportation by year-end; staff urged a TPO-led workshop and legal review to preserve service continuity for roughly 89,385 riders last year.
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Jennifer Martinez, executive director of Marion Senior Services (S3), and Clayton Merch, transportation director (S21), told commissioners the organization faces mounting insurance and liability costs that threaten long-term operation of paratransit services that carried 89,385 passengers in 2025.
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