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Page 2 — September 19, 2012 — PERRYSBURG MESSENGER JOURNAL
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City council approves funds for paratransit/ADA bus services through Nov. 11
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stated his disappointment in
only offering paratransit/
ADA services during the
gap time.
“It is totally wrong,” he
told council. “Why can’t
the service be a call-a-ride
and paratransit combined?
If my wife wanted to ride
the bus, she can’t because
she is not ADA certified.
What about the people who
are working at the various
places and won’t be able to
use the service or the other
people who use call-a-ride?
I am not fighting this for
me–I am covered. But if
you are going to have one
bus and that bus is only
going to be paratransit
within Perrysburg, it is
going to sit most of the
time.”
City administrator Bridgette
Kabat explained that
because of the short timeframe
to put a service in
place during the gap period,
Ride Right was only comfortable
with paratransit
service.
“One of the overwhelming
concerns was the ability
to provide quality service to
the citizens,” she said.
“Because of the short
amount of lead time and not
knowing the ridership currently
and not knowing
what the call-a-ride ridership
is once a fixed route is
eliminated, there was just
no way in that short amount
of time available that Ride
Right could offer additional
services. They want to be
the best they can for us in
that short amount of time
with the dollars we have
available.”
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Councilman Grayson,
who was clearly upset with
riders’ comments, lashed
out. “You people, you in the
audience–I am not picking
on anyone–you people the
riders who are upset, who
are missing their transportation
here, who are going to
have a limited service–the
residents of Perrysburg are
offering to pay $1,000 a
day out of the general fund,
how awful of the taxpayers,
how horrible that we offer a
$1,000 a day for services.
TARTA is not legally bound
to quit. They are not permitted
from continuing,
they may sign another contract,
and they have flexibility.
We have been discussing
this for months. If
there was a legal barrier it
could have been cleared.
“We are trying desperately
to go forward and I
only bring up funding
because the money for the
miracle system everyone
here wants to have isn’t
there–it doesn’t exist. There
is no money.”
Mayor Nelson Evans
said when he first came into
office, people were complaining
about the empty
TARTA buses within the
city.
“We have been working
on this since 2006,” he stated.
“I’ve always said this–I
believe the [TARTA] system
is fatally flawed. You
cannot have a system where
you have a bunch of people
involved and nobody is
directly responsible. Why
should TARTA ever do anything
different than what
they are doing now if they
can’t be held accountable?
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“The only way they can
be held accountable is if the
voters say, ‘no, I’m not giving
you the money.’ Well
the voters in six of the nine
jurisdictions of TARTA
voted no on the levy, but
guess what? The levy still
passed because Toledo is in
charge with nine votes and
the suburbs have eight
votes.
“We have been at this
New
Crop
and dealing with this for six
years now. And I have
heard all your arguments, I
have met some great people
and I know the issue. That
is why I was very concerned
that at least we have
the ADA people covered.
“Hopefully on January
1, when the voters pass the
levy on November 6, we
will have a fixed route, we
will have dial-a-ride, we
will have ADA service, we
will have all of that.
“Right now we have
nothing in our budget to
cover that full extent of
total operations till the end
of the year–our budget
doesn’t cover that.
“So we have a line item
that is strictly from rent. It
is not from income tax
because I don’t want to
offend the taxpayers out
there who don’t want to
spend any more money on
public transportation all
together. And there are
those people out there.
“But I do think at the
end of the game on November
6, I believe the residents,
for the millage that
we have put on the ballot,
the voters will say, ‘yes,
there is need for that service.
“I am sorry for any
inconvenience in the near
future, but I will promise
you if after Ride Right does
get going and they find
some gaps in their timeframe–that
ADA is not filling
their time hours, we
will try to add dial-a-ride.
We will look at that.”
Perrysburg resident and
treasurer for the committee
Perrysburg4transit Denny
Barrett, summed up the
meeting. “Right now it
doesn’t matter what might
have been, could have been,
should have been–it all
doesn’t matter. Right now
you have a proposition to
do the best that you think
we can do–the best Ride
Right can do. I say do it,”
he told council.
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only person in the building,
and I kept hearing weird
noises coming from down
the hall.
“I was thinking, ‘I really
need to check that out,’ but
in the horror movies, that’s
always the worst course of
action.
“I took a deep breath
and stepped out in the hallway,
and there was a mouse
running around–not a ghost
mouse, a real mouse.
“I’ve worked many late
nights over the course of
nine years, and all I have is
a mouse story, not a ghost
story. Not that I’m complaining.”
Although she never
encountered any ghosts,
Ms. Weininger has met
many interesting people at
the museum. “The museum
itself is so wonderful, and
I’m proud of all the programming
and site
improvements we’ve completed,
but truly I will miss
the people the most. Our
staff, board members, volunteers,
visitors, members
of the community, members
of partner organizations–it
astounds me how
many ‘friends of the museum’
there are.”
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The museum director
said her decision to leave
did not come easily. “It was
extremely difficult. You
just don’t get up and walk
out after nine years.” She
regrets that she won’t be at
the museum next year.
“There are several big projects,
and I’m sad that I
won’t be a part of those.”
Wood County Commissioner
Tim Brown said it
was with regret that the
commissioners accepted
Ms. Weininger’s resignation.
“Christie has played a
definite role in helping to
make our museum a professionally
operated facility
and one that is known and
respected throughout the
state. She is a truly dedicated
professional, and she
will absolutely be missed,”
he said.
He added that the commissioners
are “proud of
the fact that our director
will be the next director of
the Hayes Presidential Center
and Museum.”
Although she will miss
the staff and her job at the
museum, Ms. Weininger is
looking forward to taking
over the reins at Hayes.
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But although she is
moving on, Ms. Weininger
will always remember
Wood County. “I’d like to
thank everyone for their
support of the museum and
me over the years.
Although there were some
days I wanted to tear my
hair out, 99 percent of the
time, I couldn’t wait to get
to the office each day. And
it was largely due to the
people I worked with, both
internally and in the community,
that made my work
such a joy.”
She concluded, “Truly it
was such an honor to serve
as the director of the Wood
County Historical Center
and Museum.”
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