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Harrison County considers bringing senior transportation in‑house as CTA funding is cut
Summary
Jeff Clark, senior resources director, outlined growth in demand for senior transportation and presented options to absorb services now provided by the Community Transit Agency (CTA). Supervisors agreed to ask CTA to remove senior-shopping trips and to plan a phased county takeover focused first on on‑demand services and dialysis runs.
Jeff Clark, Harrison County senior resources director, told the Board of Supervisors that demand for senior transportation has grown sharply and presented options for the county to assume services currently provided by the Community Transit Agency (CTA).
Clark said the county’s senior transportation program runs field trips, on‑demand rides and center runs, and that on‑demand service has “increased 100% over the past year.” He described staffing and equipment needs and said the county is in queue to receive two additional buses from MDOT but would need to hire another full‑time driver if it expands services.
Clark said CTA received county funding in fiscal 2025—about $60,387 per quarter in the county’s accounting—and that CTA requested an additional roughly…
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