Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 2.10 - Local public body applicants

(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "transportation coordinating committee" means a committee appointed by the county board for coordinating the county's specialized transportation which:

(a) Includes members representing at least the following:

1. County board;

2. County aging unit;

3. County department of social services or county department of human services;

4. County boards created under s. 51.42 or 51.437, Stats.;

5. Transportation providers - public, proprietary and nonprofit;

6. Senior and disabled citizen advocates;

7. Consumer and agency advocates; and

(b) Has the following duties:

1. Monitor the expenditures of transportation funds being expended on transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the service area;

2. Review transportation plans for the service area;

3. Review and comment on county aid applications under s. 85.21, Stats.;

4. Review and comment on assistance applications under s. 85.22, Stats.;

6. Act on requests by local public bodies to be designated as coordinators of transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities for the purpose of becoming eligible for assistance under the federal sec. 5310 program.

(2) ELIGIBILITY. In order to apply for capital assistance under s. 85.22, Stats., a local public body shall satisfy one of the following conditions:

(a) Is determined by the department to be eligible for assistance under the federal sec. 5310 program after first certifying to the department that no private, nonprofit organizations as specified in s. Trans 2.015 (2m) are readily available to provide transportation services to seniors and individuals with disabilities in a proposed service area and providing all of the following or similar documentation supporting such certification:

1. Copies of letters sent to all known private, nonprofit organizations specified in s. Trans 2.015 (2m), both within the county wherein such organizations are situated and in adjacent counties, soliciting interest in providing transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area, along with copies of any resulting correspondence.

2. A certified copy of a public notice published in the appropriate official county newspaper soliciting responses from private, nonprofit organizations as specified in s. Trans 2.015 (2m), both within the county wherein such organizations are situated, interested in providing transportation services to seniors and individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area, along with copies of any resulting correspondence.

(b) Is approved by the department to be the coordinator of transportation services to seniors and individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area. A local public body shall be approved by the county board and a transportation coordinating committee which satisfies the membership requirements in sub. (1)(a). The department may waive the membership requirements in sub. (1)(a) if the county board provides satisfactory evidence that the county board made a reasonable attempt to include members of all groups identified in sub. (1)(a). The applicant shall provide all of the following or similar documentation to the department verifying such approval:

1. Copies of documentation showing that a transportation coordinating committee approved the local public body as the coordinator of transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area.

2. A certified copy of the resolution, passed by the county board, approving the local public body as the coordinator of transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the proposed service area.

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Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 2.10

Cr. Register, December, 1994, No. 468, eff. 1-1-95; am. (1) (a), (b) 6., (2) (a) (intro.) and (b) (intro.), renum. (1) (a) 3. to 6. to be (1) (a) 4. to 7., cr. (1) (a) 3., Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; CR 03-007: am. (1) (b) 1., 2. and 5. Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03. Amended by, CR 19-073: am. (1) (b) (intro.), 1., 2., 4., r. (1) (b) 5., am. (2) (a), (b) Register October 2020 No. 778, eff. 11/1/2020 Amended by, CR 22-048: am. (1) (a) 6., (b) 6. Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8/1/2023