Last year the SacRT board voted to change its board structure, primarily to allocate a second seat to Elk Grove, which has about double the population of the other smaller cities which have one member. But SacRT board structure is largely defined in Public Utilities Code (PUC), and legislation to change that code was not … Continue reading SacRT board structure on the agenda again
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SacRT board composition meeting #2
The second meeting of the Ad Hoc Board Composition and Voting Structure Subcommittee was held Monday, January 31. I attended, but on a small device and with intermittent Internet connectivity, but caught what I could. There were no public comments. The agenda and presentation are here: Agenda: https://star-transit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sacrt_boardcomposition_2022-01-31_agenda.pdfPresentation: https://star-transit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sacrt_boardcomposition_2022-01-31-presentation.pdf Some good things happened, and some … Continue reading SacRT board composition meeting #2
SacRT board composition meeting
Update 2: The agenda and presentation were moved, so I've linked them here. https://star-transit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sacrt_boardcomposition_2022-01-24_agenda.pdfhttps://star-transit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sacrt_boardcomposition_2022-01-24-presentation.pdf Update: The meeting has taken place. The slide presentation for the meeting was posted during the meeting. I don't know if I was the only transit advocate in attendance, but I was the only one who spoke. My comments for the … Continue reading SacRT board composition meeting
SacRT board representation
The SacRT board voted to support legislation in this session, AB1196 by Ken Cooley. The legislation would change the Public Utilities Code which applies to SacRT from requiring a weighted voting to allow SacRT to set its own voting methodology. It passed unanimously. The text of the legislation is short and simple: 102105.2. (a) Notwithstanding … Continue reading SacRT board representation