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Council commits to local match after IDOT funding change limits 5311 eligibility
Summary
River Bend Transit informed the council that Le Claire City’s new UZA status disqualifies use of 5311 rural program funds for intra‑UZA trips; RBT and Bettendorf Transit proposed an IDOT special project grant and council pledged a local match to keep service running.
Sherli Childers, Executive Director of River Bend Transit, told the Le Claire City Committee of the Whole that the Iowa Department of Transportation has tightened enforcement of funding rules for the federal 5311 rural transit program and that "LeClaire is no longer considered rural so the 5311 program funds cannot be used." Childers said IDOT released a special project grant that could help offset the cost of continuing service and that Bettendorf Transit has agreed to apply because only an established agency is eligible to submit the application.
Council members signaled support and committed to providing a local match to pursue the grant and maintain service. City Administrator Dennis Bockenstedt and council members discussed the operational need for continuity of service; no formal vote on a binding appropriation was recorded in the minutes, but the council’s commitment to match was noted in the record as support to move forward.
The discussion centered on funding eligibility and the logistics of having Bettendorf Transit act as the applicant. The transcript records the council’s decision to provide a match commitment to enable RBT to pursue the IDOT special project grant; precise match amounts and any subsequent budget adjustments were not specified in the meeting minutes.
