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Public commenters press Tinian delegation on vendor payments and transit funding; officials say transit operations will shift to KODA staff
Summary
Public commenters urged the Tinian Legislative Delegation to address unpaid vendor bills and municipal revenue shortfalls and requested a $1,500 reappropriation for transit operations; delegation and municipal officials said Commonwealth transit (referred to on the record as CODA/Koda) will staff bus operations by mid-summer.
During the delegation’s public-comment period, multiple speakers urged the body to address municipal cash flow and vendor payments and requested reappropriation of local transit funds.
Public commenter Mira Don told the delegation it was “sad” that funds were not being properly identified in the budget and urged leaders to find revenue sources to pay vendors and sustain operations. Don also said locally collected revenues on the island had risen, asserting that collections were…
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