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Bay Aging urges Middlesex supervisors to keep county bus service
Summary
Bay Aging officials and local residents told the Board of Supervisors that eliminating one of two county buses would harm workforce mobility and health-care access and could jeopardize state and federal matching funds.
Kathy Vesley, president and CEO of Bay Aging, urged the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors not to eliminate one of the two public transit buses serving the county, saying the service is essential for workforce transportation and access to health care. Bay Aging CFO Tinsley Goad told the board that reducing transit services could lead to the loss of state and federal matching funds and harm the agency's economic presence in the county.
Two residents described the service's direct effect on families: Leslie Gillie said Bay Transit enables her son, who is on the autism spectrum, to travel to work and access services, and Thomas Gillie III said the loss of transportation would negatively affect community members who rely on the system. The public-comment exchange occurred during the board's public comment period opened by Chairman Don R. Harris at 3:18 p.m. The board did not take formal action on transit during the meeting.
