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Kootenai County transit department moves much of operations to FTA funding, cuts A and B budgets

3218405 · May 7, 2025
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Chad Ingle presented the transit department's FY26 budget plan to shift most personnel and operating costs to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding, cutting the A-budget entirely and shrinking the B-budget to roughly $3,000, while retaining small local line items the FTA will not cover.

Chad Ingle, transit director for Kootenai County, told commissioners the department's FY26 proposal largely moves salaries and eligible operating expenses onto Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding. Ingle said the plan eliminates the A-budget allocation and reduces the B-budget by about 73 percent; the B-budget items left are those…

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