Tomorrow’s elections could mean new members in the near future for the Board of Commissioners of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission. The regional body is made up of people from the six localities and they meet once a month at the TJPDC headquarters at 407 Water Street with the next meeting coming up this week.
One of the items on the agenda is the dissolution of the Regional Transit Partnership, an appointed body staffed by the TJPDC that had been charged with advancing public transportation efforts throughout the entire region.
The TJPDC also staffs the Metropolitan Planning Organization, a federally mandated body that exists to make funding decisions in addition to serving as a central clearinghouse for transportation matters…