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Bi-State outlines FY27 $203.1M operating request for St. Louis County, commissioners press for sales-tax detail and hard copies
Summary
Bi-State Development presented a FY27 transit operating budget that requests $203.1 million from St. Louis County (1.5% growth). Commissioners pressed Bi-State on sales-tax allocations, a prior-year $7M shortfall, and asked for segmented hard copies and follow-up analyses before any vote.
Bi-State Development officials outlined their FY27 operating budget and said they expect a modest 1.5% increase in operating funding for St. Louis County, a request that would raise the county-share from about $200.1 million to $203.1 million.
Tammy Paris, chief financial officer at Bi-State, told the commission the agency projects passenger revenue to rise from roughly $19.6 million in FY26 to about $23.2 million in FY27 — a $3.6 million increase Bi-State attributes in part to the Secure Platform Plan (SPP) coming online. Paris also described a revenue mix that includes federal maintenance funds, local sales tax receipts from St. Louis City and County and St. Clair County, and roughly $16 million in vehicle-maintenance grant revenue.
Paris said operating expenses for the agency total about $339 million and that Bi-State is…
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