Montgomery County commissioners voted unanimously to provide a letter of support for SEK Community Action Partnership’s Mogos rural transit service and said county staff will examine whether county budget funds can cover the required local match for the coming funding year.

The commissioners granted the letter after presenters said the service, operating one bus five days a week within Montgomery County, produced about 1,500 rides from July through March, averaged roughly 173 trips per month, and serves about 100 unique riders. "For every dollar that's invested, it usually puts about $3 back in economic benefit into a community," presenter Casey Brown said.

The request before the board was a letter supporting SEK CCAP’s application to continue funding the route and an ask that the county consider a local match. Presenters said the required local match this year is "right about $40,000 a route," covering a five-day-per-week service from July 2026 to June 2027. They described primary trip purposes as school transport, grocery access and medical appointments and said the vehicle and driver are locally based.

Commissioners moved and seconded a motion to provide a county letter of support; the motion carried with Commissioners Beaver, Cordray and Clubein voting yes. Commissioners also asked county staff to review last year’s county contribution and return with an answer during budget deliberations. "When we get into our budget discussions, we'll take a look at where we were last year ... and get you an answer fairly quick," Commissioner Clubein said during the vote.

Presenters noted the program seeks to expand local sponsorship and advertising from businesses to help offset future costs; they told commissioners they would provide an electronic copy of the draft letter and work with county staff on timing to meet SEK CCAP’s application deadlines.

The letter-of-support vote creates no immediate county expenditure; any commitment of the local match will be decided through the county’s budget process.

The county clerk’s office will prepare the signed letter and coordinate delivery to SEK CCAP and to Amy in the clerk’s office, according to the meeting record.