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KTA chair announces departure; board elects officers for 2026
Summary
At a regular KTA meeting, the chair announced this was their last meeting and said Matthew DeBartelaben will replace the board's counsel. The board approved a slate of 2026 officers and named Sarah May recording secretary after a vacancy; votes were taken by show of hands.
Speaker 2, the board chair, opened the meeting by saying, "this is my last meeting on the KTA board because we have new counsel, so my replacement will be Matthew DeBartelaben," and added that they will remain involved in transit work as the TPO representative.
The nominating committee (reported by Speaker 6) met Jan. 14 and proposed a slate for 2026: chair nominee Dustin Durham and vice chair nominee Rick Whitted; Bethany Starrett had been the recording secretary nominee but later declined. CAT employee Sarah May volunteered and was nominated from the floor.
The board approved the committee's recommended chair and vice chair by a show of hands; the committee reported "unanimous vote with 2 abstentions." A motion to appoint Sarah May as recording secretary received a second and was approved. Speaker 6 announced, "We have our officers for 2026. Congratulations."
The approvals were procedural actions taken by the KTA membership during the meeting; specific roll-call vote counts were not recorded in the transcript for the initial consent motion or for the recording secretary motion. The meeting record also included an early voice vote on routine business that the chair called as passed.
The chair's announced departure and the appointment of new counsel were presented as internal leadership changes; no additional formal actions or policy changes related to the leadership transition were recorded. The board set its next meeting for Feb. 26, 2026.
The meeting adjourned after routine business and the public forum.
