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KRTA board delays final decision on $180,000 shortfall, plans outreach to county leaders
Summary
Board members debated whether KRTA must cover a roughly $180,000 shortfall tied to a 2017 grant application, proposed asking the county to join the authority and forgive $50,000 annually, and agreed to target an April meeting and meet county chair/vice chair before formal action.
At a regular meeting of the KRTA board, members spent most of their discussion debating whether the authority is legally responsible for an approximately $180,000 shortfall from work related to a 2017 grant application and how to engage the county on the issue.
Several board members argued KRTA was formed after the grant application and therefore "owes you nothing." Speaker 2 told colleagues, "we have no obligation to account," and urged the group not to absorb the earlier debt. That speaker also proposed an alternative: "take a seat at this table and forgive the debt to the tune of $50,000 a year," framing that as an annual membership approach to resolve the matter.
Other board members said they felt a moral — if…
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