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TO: |
Board of Trustees |
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THROUGH: |
Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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FROM: |
Viola Miller, Chief Financial Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
David Wilkins, Utah Attorney General Transit Division Director |
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TITLE:
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Complimentary Fare: Transit Passes for Utah Attorney General Staff Representing the Utah Transit Authority
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Service or Fare Approval
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the issuance of complimentary passes for attorneys and staff assigned to represent UTA from the Utah Attorney General’s Office for their term of assignment as presented.
BACKGROUND:
This is to update language from an item that was approved by the Board on the August 12, 2020. The Board approved attorneys representing the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) from the Utah Attorney General’s Office (AG Office) to receive transit passes while assigned to represent UTA. The language of the memo indicated that only attorneys receive the benefit. However, since August 2020 additional staff from the AG Office that are not attorneys have been assigned to UTA.
DISCUSSION:
This request is to seek Board approval to update the authority from the August 12, 2020 action to include AG Office staff in addition to the already approved AG Office attorneys. Currently, the AG Office assigned Attorneys receive a transit pass benefit through UTA, however, AG Office assigned staff do not.
Recommend that the current attorneys, all future assigned attorneys, and staff, while employed by the AG Office and assigned to represent UTA, receive a complimentary transit pass. The complimentary pass will allow assigned attorneys and staff to commute on the UTA system free of charge. The pass will be in the form of an electronic fare card and will require the pass holder to tap on and tap off the UTA system when riding. The pass benefits will terminate at the time the respective attorney or staff ceases to represent UTA.
ALTERNATIVES:
Not provide complimentary passes for AG Office attorneys or staff assigned to UTA.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The value of the four (4) complimentary passes is estimated to be $8,160 annually and is based on the public premium monthly pass rate of $170/month.
ATTACHMENTS:
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