METROPOLITAN TRANSIT COMMISSION

METROPOLITAN TRANSIT COMMISSION Pictured from left to right: Front Row – Brian Welch, Mint Hill Town Manager; Curt Walton, Charlotte City Manager; Lee Myers, Mayor of Matthews, MTC Vice Chair; Sarah B. Nuckles, SCDOT Representative. Back Row – Jill Swain, Mayor of Huntersville; John Woods, Mayor of Davidson; Greg Ferguson, Huntersville Town Manager; Hazen Blodgett, Matthews Town Manager; Rick Sanderson, TSAC Chairman; Gerald Fox, CTAG Co-Chair, Harry Jones, Mecklenburg County Manager; Leamon Brice, Davidson Town Manager; Mike Rose, Pineville Town Manager. Not Pictured – Patrick McCrory, Mayor of Charlotte, MTC Chairman; Jennifer Roberts, Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners; Jeff Tarte, Mayor of Cornelius; Anthony Roberts, Cornelius Town Manager; Ted Biggers, Mayor of Mint Hill; George Fowler, Mayor of Pineville; Jennifer Stultz, Mayor of Gastonia; Bobby Kilgore, Mayor of Monroe; Craig Meadows, Monroe City Manager; Bill Thunberg, Mayor of Mooresville; Scott Padgett, Mayor of Concord; Douglas Echols, Jr., Mayor of Rock Hill; John Collett, NCDOT Representative ETROPOLITAN TRANSIT COMMISSION The MTC is CATS' governing board and is responsible for reviewing and recommending all long-range public transportation plans. The MTC reviews the transit system's operating and capital programs and sets policies that guide the transit system's use of public monies. The MTC is composed of voting and non-voting members. The voting members are the mayors and managers of the City of Charlotte, County of Mecklenburg, and the six towns in Mecklenburg County: Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill, and Pineville and a board member from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. To ensure regional involvement, the MTC includes five non-voting members representing local governments outside of Mecklenburg County and one non-voting member from the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The MTC has two citizen committees which provide input on short-term and long-term transit plans. M CITIZENS TRANSIT ADVISORY GROUP (CTAG) The CTAG reviews long-range transit system planning and proposed operating and capital programs from the community's perspective and makes recommendations to the MTC. This advisory board is made up of members of the community appointed by the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, the Charlotte City Council, each of the six towns, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. It may include no elected official, and its members serve staggered two-year terms. 3

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