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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 5, 1999 Action Agenda Item No. R & SUBJECT: Orange Public Transportation (OPT) Fee Schedule Modification DEPARTMENT: Aging /OPT PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Fee Comparison Chart Jerry M. Passmore, Director Ed Seibert, Chair, Trans. Board TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To consider the Human Services Transportation Advisory Board's recommended fee schedule modifications for OPT transportation services. BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners adopted several changes in the fee schedule for the Orange Public Transportation Program for FY 1998 -99. This was based on a fee study by County staff that attempted to generate full recovery of all operational and overhead expenses. During 1998 -99, OPT staff and the Human Services Transportation Advisory Board studied the new fee schedule and found a negative impact from some fees on public and community agency utilization of OPT services, and other fees that could be increased with no negative impact. Many of the agencies affected currently receive non - departmental appropriations for the County On February 23, 1999 the Human Services Transportation Board formally recommended the following rates base on their study for FY 1999 -00: ■ OPT Driver Rate: Business hours- $14.00, After -hours - $21.00, Weekends - $21.00, Holidays - $28.00. ■ Vehicle Lease Rate: Van - $ .40, Minibus - $ .45, Bus - $ .45. ■ Public Shuttle: Hillsborough to Chapel Hill /Carrboro — Rate: In -Town - $ .50, Between Towns - $1.00. ■ Senior Citizen/Disabled Door to Door Medical Trip — Rate: $2.00. It was also recommended that the Driver rate (Business hours) be increased to $17.00 for FY 2000 -01 and $19.00 for FY 2001 -02. The Door to Door Medical Trip is also recommended to increase to $2.50 and $3.00 for the next two years.