Marion Transit System Scores Perfect in INDOT Compliance Review Share

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After going through a rig­or­ous process, the Mar­i­on Tran­sit Sys­tem has received a per­fect com­pli­ance review from the Indi­ana Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion, fol­low­ing a per­fect review from the Fed­er­al Trans­porta­tion Admin­is­tra­tion last fall.

In a report received on July 19^th, 2024, INDOT found zero defi­cien­cies in all cat­e­gories of review which includ­ed: legal; finan­cial man­age­ment; tech­ni­cal capac­i­ty in award man­age­ment, pro­gram and project man­age­ment; tran­sit asset man­age­ment; sat­is­fac­to­ry con­tin­u­ing con­trol, main­te­nance and asset man­age­ment; pro­cure­ment; dis­ad­van­taged busi­ness enter­prise; Title VI; Amer­i­cans with Dis­abil­i­ties Act in gen­er­al as well as in devi­at­ed and fixed routes; Equal Employ­ment Oppor­tu­ni­ty; char­ter ser­vice; drug free work­place; and med­ical qualification.

Trans­porta­tion Direc­tor Jeff Edwards said the excel­lent com­pli­ance review from the state on top of the per­fect score they received in Octo­ber of 2023 from the FTA is excep­tion­al and says a lot about their depart­ment and the City of Mar­i­on. ​“I can’t say enough about our team. Grant Admin­is­tra­tor Chuck Mar­tin­dale and Admin­is­tra­tive Assis­tant Pam Lem­ing both worked long hours to pre­pare for this review and sub­mit all records necessary.”

The City of Mar­i­on receives 80% of their bud­get from fed­er­al fund­ing and anoth­er 10% from the state, there­fore, pos­i­tive reports ensure these funds. INDOT reviews Mar­i­on every four years. The last review in 2020 also pro­duced a per­fect score. The FTA reviews ran­dom­ly with one city and one coun­ty in each state each time.

Edwards expressed, ​“It’s the best feel­ing in the world to know that we have zero defi­cien­cies. There are a lot of rules and reg­u­la­tions for com­pli­ance, so I am very proud of this team.”