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With third-party operator ending service, Jones County plans to bring 5311 public transit in-house
Summary
The county was notified the third-party operator for its 5311 demand-response transit service will stop in June; commissioners were briefed on moving the program in-house, which would make county employees the drivers and dispatcher and require the county to assume insurance responsibilities for vehicles owned by the state.
Jones County officials told the board May 6 that the county's 5311 demand-response transit operator has notified the county it will end service in June, and staff recommended transitioning the program to in-house operation to avoid a service gap.
Planning staff reported the current third-party operator, a regional community action agency, plans to discontinue service at the end of June and that the Georgia Department of…
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