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Yavapai Plan director urges Chino Valley to fund transit match, study regional tax; council weighs scale of contribution
Summary
Yavapai Plan executive director Vinny Gallegos and YRT manager Tom presented transit dashboards and a request for existing budget reallocation, arguing Chino Valley’s match (about $77,447 as presented) helps unlock federal transit dollars and regional planning capacity; council members probed subsidy concerns and asked for more analysis before increasing local contributions or committing to an RTA study.
Vinny Gallegos, executive director of Yavapai Plan, told the Chino Valley Town Council at a budget work session that the town’s local match helps unlock federal transit dollars and regional planning capacity. "That match is unlocking about $1,900,000 of federal transit funds for the region," he said, describing how the MPO’s work leverages planning staff, grant capacity and traffic modeling to stretch Chino Valley tax dollars.
Tom, speaking for Yavapai Regional Transit (YRT), presented the agency’s operating dashboard and financials, noting the year-to-date cost per rider had fallen from $25.15 last year to "$22 and some odd cents." He said a recent $47,000 reimbursement helped produce a positive March profit-and-loss of…
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