The Hopkinsville Committee of the Whole voted to send a budget amendment ordinance to the full Council to provide additional funding to Pennyrile Allied Community Services (PACS) to cover transit system shortfall for the remainder of this fiscal year.
As previously reported by the News Edge, council members requested at the March 16 meeting to hear from PACS representatives after learning from City Financial Officer Robert Martin the transit system would be over budget by the end of this fiscal year. He explained that Council would need to make a budget amendment of around $25,000 for this fiscal year and approximately $150,000 for next year if they wanted to continue the transportation in the city at the same level.