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Senate Transportation hears GMT say H.944’s Section 30 would let hospitals, school districts pay directly for route changes
Summary
Green Mountain Transit told the Senate Transportation Committee that Section 30 of H.944 would let the agency negotiate service agreements outside its eight-member assessment formula so large institutions could directly fund route changes that otherwise add to GMT's deficit.
Clayton Clark, general manager of Green Mountain Transit (GMT), told the Senate Transportation Committee on April 17 that Section 30 of H.944 would allow GMT to accept direct service agreements with hospitals, school districts and other partners so those requesters could pay for route changes without spreading the cost across all eight municipal members.
Clark outlined why the change matters: GMT currently collects roughly $4,000,000 a year from its eight local members through a long-standing assessment formula. That formula is difficult to change — it now requires a 75% vote and has not been updated in about 20 years — and it spreads costs across members so targeted additions can force GMT into a deficit. "Approximately 20% of the cost of a service will end up, I had on 1 of the members' bills. But the…
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