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Council hears High Valley Transit request to expand board amid fast growth
Summary
High Valley Transit asked the Summit County Council to add two appointed members to its five-member board to ease workload as projects accelerate. Council members generally supported the idea and asked staff to place a formal change on a future agenda.
High Valley Transit (HVT) staff told the Summit County Council on March 19 that rapid program growth and an expanding slate of capital and finance work has left existing board members stretched thin, and asked the council to consider increasing the board from five to seven members.
"High Valley Transit has been in operation for just over 3 years now," Caroline Rodriguez told the council, opening the work-session briefing. She said the board currently includes three municipal council members and two citizen appointees, plus a nonvoting Wasatch County ex‑officio. Rodriguez said the system now needs more sustained board bandwidth to staff committees and rapid capital- and finance-related decisions.
Board vice chair David Geffen and Council member Roger…
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