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Umatilla County approves STIP plan for 2025–27 with $6.39 million carryover
Summary
On Jan. 15 the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners approved the county'recommended STIP plan for the 2025'027 biennium, including a total of $6,394,791 in project funding and carryover; several population transit projects received cuts due to demand exceeding allocations.
UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore. — The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 15 approved the county'recommended STIP plan for the 2025–27 biennium, a package the county said includes $6,394,791 in total funding including carryover.
Megan Dochowski, Umatilla County planning manager and transit coordinator, told commissioners the committee recommended approval of the STIP plan and the funding levels presented. "Only one payroll project was cut, and that was the Kayak West County bus barn," Dochowski said, adding that all population projects received reductions because applications exceeded available allocations.
The nut graf: The STIP plan funds public transportation and services for seniors and people with disabilities; commissioners approved the plan to match available and carryover funds but were warned that demand exceeded current allocations, producing funding cuts.
Dochowski said the committee'recommended amounts reflect limits in allocation estimates and noted projected shortfalls across the biennium: "I believe in the first year of 2026, we had to cut a total of $60,000. And then in 2027, we had to cut almost a $100,000," she said. She also reported that ODOT had recommended budgeting for a possible 20% increase in payroll revenues for qualifying entities.
Discussion before the vote focused on confirming the recommended funding spreadsheet and whether commissioners wanted staff to review each project line item; a commissioner moved to approve the plan and a second followed. The board recorded the motion as passed after voice vote; the transcript records "All in favor, say aye" and the chair declared the motion passed.
No separate roll-call vote or numeric tally was given in the meeting transcript; the record only shows unanimous voice assent. Commissioners did not adopt additional changes to the plan at the meeting.
Ending: County staff said follow-up materials and the spreadsheet with highlighted adjustments were included in the commissioners'packet. Dochowski thanked the board for approving the plan and for committee support.
