START hearing record tees up Aug. 31 decision on proposed service cuts

Town of Jackson and Teton County electeds are set to take up the START Board’s Aug. 20 public-hearing record on proposed service and fare changes, after commenters broadly pushed back on service reductions. The Aug. 31 special joint meeting packet frames the hearing as part of the Board’s process for changing routes and fares and includes a comment summary showing every commenter opposed to cuts on the commuter routes and Town Shuttle, with On-Demand comments focused on keeping early and late service and key stops. Special Joint Meeting Agenda Packet

The hearing record matters procedurally because it is the public notice and comment step staff is pointing the Joint Board to before it chooses a path forward. The packet notes the public hearing notice ran Aug. 5, at least 15 days ahead of the hearing, and attaches the comment summary as an appendix for the Joint Board’s review. Special Joint Meeting Agenda Packet