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KRT executive director urges South Charleston leaders to rally support for May 12 public safety levy
Summary
Sean Hill, executive director of KRT, told the South Charleston City Council that KRT moves about 1,000,000 riders a year, relies on the county Public Safety Levy for roughly 60% of its budget, and asked council members to encourage constituents to support the May 12 levy.
Sean Hill, executive director of KRT, told the South Charleston City Council that the regional transit agency carries roughly 1,000,000 riders a year and provides about 50,000 paratransit trips annually, and said those services rely heavily on county levy funding.
Hill said the county Public Safety Levy — scheduled for a primary election on May 12 — supplies about 60% of KRT's budget. He urged council members to “rally that support for us,” while noting he could not directly tell people how to vote because of the election period. "I can't go out and say vote for the safety levy," he said, "but you all can, your constituents and I hope that you can continue to rally that support for us." (Sean Hill, executive director, KRT.)
Hill described other KRT services and partnerships in remarks to the council. He said the agency runs fixed-route buses and a paratransit door-to-door service for riders with mobility challenges, that KRT “connect[s] people to opportunity,” and that the agency also manages a county fuel consortium that, according to Hill, has saved “almost a half $1,000,000” this year through a two-year fuel contract.
Hill also thanked the mayor and council for their early inclusion of transit in Park Place planning and noted KRT's role in emergency mobilization and local events. He asked elected officials to continue supporting outreach efforts ahead of the levy vote, and pledged KRT would continue to support cities in the county when possible.
The council acknowledged Hill's presentation and proceeded to other agenda items. The transcript does not show any formal vote by the council related to the levy endorsement or a formal council position on the levy.
