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RTS staff outline plan to bring ADA paratransit in-house; timetable and county coordination remain open
Summary
City and RTS staff presented a plan to transition ADA paratransit from contractor MV to in-house operation with estimated savings; staff aim to begin service transition in the first quarter of 2026 but said full countywide CTC responsibilities would likely wait until later in the year and require MTPO and county coordination.
City and RTS staff briefed the General Policy Committee on Sept. 25 about a plan to insource the Regional Transit System’s ADA paratransit service currently run under contract with a third‑party vendor (referred to as MV during the meeting).
Staff said the vendor contract cost could rise to about $3.2 million while the city projects it can operate the paratransit service in‑house for roughly $2.7 million. Staff quoted an MV disclosure that indicated a profit margin on some services (staff cited a figure of about $800,000) and emphasized that…
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