Three actions involving the Henry County Transit Department were covered by the Board of Commissioners at its most recent regular meeting.
The county provides demand response transportation to local clients and has an annual contract with the Georgia Department of Human Services. The board authorized the creation of a new scheduler position in the transit department and approved a $50,834.13 budget transfer, along with an operating assistance grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation under which the county will be eligible for reimbursement up to $192,067 in operating assistance for the 2017 fiscal year.
Under a separate agenda item, the board approved an FY 2017 GDOT Rural Transportation Program capital assistance for the transit department. The county will receive $153,203.05 in capital assistance for replacement of four existing buses “that have met their useful life,” according to county staff. The county will have to provide a 10-percent local match of $19,153.76 and the state of Georgia will do the same for a grand total of $191,537.56 in capital funds.
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