July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.

More InterUrban funding sought (7/6/04)

Commissioners to ask for additional money in '05 budget

By By Mike [email protected]

Jay County Commissioners have agreed to ask for an increase in funding for a three-county transportation system that will soon be four.

LifeStream Services Inc., which runs the publicly-funded New InterUrban service, has asked Jay County to increase its contribution to the program by about 25 percent in 2005.

The commissioners told a LifeStream representative this morning they would include a total of $38,200 in requests to support The New InterUrban in their budget, but the final decision would be up to members of the Jay County Council.

The requests include $30,000 to pay for operational expenses and $8,200 for the county’s share of the purchase of a new van. Those totals are up from the current year figures of $22,000 for operational costs and $3,500 for a van.

LifeStream official Judy Ritter told the commissioners this morning that Blackford County will soon join Delaware, Randolph and Jay counties as partners in the transportation program.

Commissioner Milo Miller Jr. asked Ritter if problems with funding by Delaware County have been resolved.

Ritter said she hopes the upcoming election in November will resolve some problems, as two incumbent commissioners were beaten in the primary.

“We’re hoping we’ll see an increase in funding in Delaware County,” Ritter said.

Also this morning, Miller told his fellow commissioners he met recently with John Young, president of the Jay County Hospital Board, and board attorney John Coldren about complaints brought to the commissioners recently by Dr. Jay Veenendaal, a radiologist who was recently not allowed to speak at a hospital board meeting.

Miller said he backs Young and the board in its handling of the matter.

Miller also said he does not believe the board is violating open meetings laws in its use of executive sessions.

Miller and others have been critical of the hospital board for discussing too much in executive sessions.[[In-content Ad]]
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