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Union County holds public hearings on three federal transportation grant applications
Summary
Union County staff presented three federal grant applications — FTA 5307 urbanized formula, FY2027 combined capital, and 5311 non-urbanized administrative — explaining uses, funding shares and local matches; no members of the public spoke.
Union County Board of Commissioners opened three simultaneous public hearings Sept. 2 on transportation grant applications that county staff said would fund operations, capital improvements and administrative positions for the county’s transit program.
Teresa Torres, Union County transportation director, told the board the applications include an FTA 5307 urbanized area formula package covering fiscal years 2024–2026, three years of funding “totaling over $6,797,000” to support a mix of operational and capital needs. She said the operational portion will help cover demand-response and the 74X route, while the capital portion will meet security and safety cost-share requirements and fund facility renovations at the Progress Building. Torres said the local operational match would be $2,098,000 and the capital local match $520,000.
Torres also described a FY2027 combined capital grant to replace vehicles that have exceeded their useful life (100,000 miles), noting three vehicles are expected to be replaced with 22-foot low-floor transit vehicles. She said the capital funding would be split roughly 80% federal, 10% state and 10% local, with the federal share about $85,000 and state and local shares each about $42,000; Torres added that the state sometimes asks counties to include the state portion in the county’s local match in case the state cannot cover it.
The third hearing covered an administrative (5311-style) grant Torres said would fund positions in the county transportation office. Torres said the award would be $276,000, approximately 80% federal (about $221,020), with the remainder covered by state and local matches depending on state participation.
No members of the public signed up to speak on any of the three items; after staff presentation the board closed the hearings. The record does not show a formal vote on the hearings themselves; staff proceeded with the public notice and grant presentation as recorded.
The applications as presented tie federal formula and non‑urbanized program funds to local transit operations and capital planning. If the grants are awarded as applied for, county staff will be responsible for any required local matches and for ensuring projects meet applicable requirements.
