The 52-page report done by Baker Tilly, a Chicago-based public accounting and consulting firm, spells out in the executive summary why no recommendations were made. Maybe down the road those obstacles can be handled, but that was my feeling.” He said that in reading the report, he “just felt like there’s too many things that are obstacles right now. There may be parts of this we can phase in.”Ĭhristofferson suggested that may have to wait. He said he’d like details of what it would take to transition UTA to a state entity, even if “it’s obvious to most of us it’s not a good time to change any more. Kay Christofferson, R-Lehi, also noted the report didn’t offer any recommendations. However, should that assessment change in the future, he said lawmakers will look to the report prepared for the transit agency and UDOT as well as other information about what bringing UTA under state control would mean and pointed out again that “the report says there’s some hurdles if want to do it but no recommendations.” “Right now, I think we’re operating pretty good.” And at this point, I think it’s pretty clear the calls that we made a couple of years ago are working and we need to give those time to run the course,” Harper said. “I am very pleased with the changes that I’m seeing.
Legislative auditors had previously raised concerns about transit deals, as well as the generous employment contracts for some top UTA officials. Attorney’s Office to cooperate in a probe of the agency’s dealings and submit to federal monitoring. Lawmakers took action after UTA signed a nonprosecution agreement with the U.S. Still, Harper said the 2018 legislative overhaul of UTA that he sponsored appears to be working. Is this report exactly what I wanted? No,” Harper, the committee’s Senate chairman, said, noting it did not address whether UTA should be part of the Utah Department of Transportation or a separate state agency under the executive branch. I think there’s some great information, a regurgitation of things already known. Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville, said at a Transportation Interim Committee meeting last week, after criticizing the final report from a consultant on the feasibility of transitioning the public transit district into a state entity for stopping short of making specific recommendations. “I think we are very early in the process,” Sen. SALT LAKE CITY - There doesn’t seem to be much interest in a state takeover of the Utah Transit Authority and its $2 billion debt, but some Utah lawmakers aren’t ready to close the door entirely on the possibility it could still happen in the future.
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