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Why do we have a Kitsap Transit Board of Commissioners and what does it do?

On the third Tuesday of each month at 9:15 a.m., the nine-member Kitsap Transit Board of Commissioners meets for 90 minutes in the Council chambers of the Norm Dicks Government Center in downtown Bremerton to consider a variety of topics: buying buses and other equipment like lifts for the shop and work trucks for Facilities as well as large office equipment purchases like a new phone or radio system, a high-volume copier lease and software upgrades. Anything that will cost more than $25,000 must go to the board for approval.

The Transit Board also considers new programs like ACCESS VanLink and the new VanShare program, changes in the fare or parking lot rate structure, grant applications, contracts with providers like Kitsap Harbor Tours, land purchases, going out to bid and later awarding contracts for rebuilding transmissions, auto body repair, park-and-ride or transfer center design, construction and/or improvements, printing services for such items as new route schedules, and professional services from architects and engineers.

Each month, the board receives written monthly progress reports on agency finances, ridership and efforts to develop new park-and-ride lots. It also hears reports about upcoming/ongoing projects such as the Federal TIP program, new service starts, our participation in the regional Smart Card program, the results of customer service surveys in ACCESS, projects such as the recent wheelchair safety effort, how KT could use alternative fuel vehicles, progress on merit goals, participation in downtown re-vitalization efforts and security at transit facilities. The board also fulfills required duties like holding public hearings on required reports like our Transit Development Plan or Disadvantaged Business Enterprise plan.

Finally, the board generally provides direction in making or changing policies about topics such as access for the elderly and disabled on the BTC transit deck, employee compensation, out-of-county use of vanpools, the drug and alcohol policy, general leave pay-out and purchasing rules.

All board meetings are public and anyone may attend.

The men and women on the KT board get there by being elected to one of the following jobs: county commissioner (three spots; North, South and Central Kitsap), mayor of Bremerton, Port Orchard, Bainbridge Island or Poulsbo or as a member of the Bremerton City Council. Each calendar year, the Bremerton Council assigns two of its members to the KT board.

The board takes a hiatus each summer and the month the board will not meet is announced annually.