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Council adopts work‑group plan for Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority appointments; timeline and transparency concerns raised
Summary
Council approved a work‑group process for appointing members to the new Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority, with a package delivery Oct. 14, interviews Oct. 27–30 and recommendations Nov. 6; several members asked for more public transparency about evaluation criteria and urged delaying interviews until after the Nov. 4 election.
Councilmember James Mitchell presented a recommended timeline and interview process for filling seats on the newly formed Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority, and the council adopted the work group's recommendation after debate about timing and transparency.
Mitchell said the city had received 126 applications as of the stated count and proposed that council members submit top candidates via SurveyMonkey (three per category) to produce a…
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