“We are not responsible for meeting a need the County has”: Gainesville City Commission declines to reconsider bringing paratransit in-house

BY JENNIFER CABRERA

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – At today’s General Policy Committee meeting, the City Commission indicated that despite advocacy from the disabled community and a Chair letter from the Alachua County Commission, they intend to bring paratransit services in-house, possibly leaving those outside the city limits without transportation to medical appointments.

During Commission Comment at the end of the meeting, Commissioner Ed Book said he thought they “probably owe it to the County Commission to talk about… MV Transport,… and it’s got to be sooner rather than later.”…

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