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Commissioners approve Boone County Senior Services’ 2026 transit operating grant request and two accessible minivans
Summary
Boone County Senior Services requested a 2026 transit operating grant of $803,635 with a 50/50 match and sought two low-floor accessible minivans (total per-vehicle cost $75,000 with federal 85%/local 15% split). The board approved the grant request, vehicle purchases and the annual lease agreement for county-titled vehicles in one motion.
Boone County commissioners approved a package of items on April 21 requested by Boone County Senior Services and the Boone Area Transit System: a 2026 transit operating grant request, two low-floor accessible minivan replacements and the annual lease agreement for vehicles titled to the county.
A representative of Boone County Senior Services told the board the agency submitted documents for an operating grant totaling $803,635; that operating grant requires a 50/50 match, so state and local funding would make up roughly half of the budgeted amount. The representative also requested two low-floor accessible minivans to replace aging vehicles. She said the van grant portion for 2026 carries an 85 percent federal share and a 15 percent local share, and that each van’s total purchase price is $75,000 (the speaker gave a federal/local split amount of approximately $63,075 federal and $11,025 local per vehicle).
The senior-services representative also presented the annual vehicle lease that covers seven county‑titled vehicles currently in third-party use by the transit system. The board approved the items in a single motion; the transcript records a voice vote in favor.
