Connect Transit News

By:  Diane Benjamin The Connect Transit Board met yesterday.  They skipped meeting in December, so this meeting covered November and December’s activity. See the Board Packet here:  http://www.connect-transit.com/documents/January%2024,%202017%20Regular%20Board%20Meeting%20Binder2.pdf The Board did a couple of things right: Page 20:   Page 27: This travel expense law was passed to control spending in non-Home Rule units of […]

Connect Transit Theft

By:  Diane Benjamin Connect Transit issued their 12 month UN-audited financial statements at their last meeting. Celebrate now – they didn’t lose as much as they budgeted: Page 7:  http://www.connect-transit.com/documents/July%2026,%202016%20Regular%20Board%20Meeting%20Binder1.pdf They did lose more than $1 million in June bringing the year total to just short of $10 million. Has ANY local press reported on […]

More Connect Transit News

By:  Diane Benjamin The next Board meeting for Connect Transit is July 26th at 4:30.  Meetings are held in the Board Room at 351 Wylie Drive, Normal. The packet for the meeting has not been posted yet, but Connect Transit’s year-end was 6/30/2016.  This meeting packet will show the total operating losses for the entire […]