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Citylink seeks $570,000 net for FY27 as city weighs shelters and demand-response tradeoffs
Summary
Citylink staff told the council the transit committee’s FY27 operating request is $634,597, reduced by a $64,597 carryforward to a $570,000 net request; officials also described demand-response fare integration, a pending FTA shelter grant and a Bates College $20,000 shelter donation that may affect grant match rules.
Larry Allen, transit program manager for the Citylink transit system and the Lewiston–Auburn Transit Committee, told the council the transit committee is seeking $634,597 for FY27 but is applying a $64,597 carryforward from prior CARES-era funds, "so, it totals 570,000."
Allen said the committee reduced its state revenue assumption to the statutory minimum because MaineDOT funding has fluctuated: after a high in 2024 the system saw $228,000 budgeted for FY26. He warned that federal CARES and ARPA carryforwards that smoothed recent budgets are mostly spent and called the next cycle a potential ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ if state or federal support does not increase.
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