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Council signals support to protect C-TRAN funding amid board-composition dispute
Summary
Councilors discussed the C-TRAN board-composition review and expressed support for steps to preserve state transit funding that could be at risk if the board is not in compliance with a state statute by Oct. 1. The city’s C-TRAN board representative warned the council the agency could lose more than $10 million per year in state funds.
City leaders raised the potential loss of state transit funding and signaled support for legal options after a review of C-TRAN’s board composition.
Mayor Pro Tem Eric Paulson, who serves on the C-TRAN board, briefed council Sept. 8 on a composition review that has produced competing recommendations. A composition committee had offered a 3-3-3 compromise — keeping three seats for Vancouver, three for Clark County and three for smaller cities. State guidance, however, is taking a “plain reading” approach to the governing statute and would allocate seats strictly by population, which Paulson said would result in a 4-3-2 split (four seats for Vancouver, three for Clark County…
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