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Council approves cooperative agreement with Muskogee County Transit after agency outlines routes and new programs
Summary
The City Council approved a cooperative agreement with Muskogee County Transit, which presented its services, ridership and new initiatives including an EODD program for people 60+, pilot after‑hours hospital discharge rides, a summer library partnership and a one‑year software implementation that improved scheduling.
City Council voted June 23 to approve a cooperative agreement with Muskogee County Transit, a public trust that presented an update on routes, programs and ridership.
“We are tasked with providing transportation to the citizens of Muskogee County,” Hammy Fritz, a representative of Muskogee County Transit, told the council during a presentation that outlined the agency’s fixed routes, curb‑to‑curb service and partnerships.
Fritz said the agency operates fixed city routes Monday–Friday and curb‑to‑curb demand service and that it receives funding from the City of Muskogee, Muskogee County, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration. She said Muskogee County Transit has 26 employees and has expanded programs that include subsidized rides for people 60 and older through an EODD grant and a pilot to provide after‑6 p.m. rides for hospital discharges in partnership with Saint Francis.
Fritz also described a year‑old dispatch and scheduling platform the agency began using that she said improved scheduling, increased trip capacity and enabled demographic reporting. She said the transit system provided more than 20,000 trips and logged over 150,000 miles in the reporting period shown to council.
Transit driver Ivory Van, who spoke during public comment, described his route and praised the agency’s staff. “I like my job,” Van said, adding the service provides rides to people who otherwise could not afford them.
Council moved, seconded and approved the cooperative agreement by roll call vote.
