Pinellas and Hillsborough want to further study transit merger
listen  12/11/12 Janelle Irwin WMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday |
Listen to this entire show:  PSTA board chair Jeff Danner and
CEO, Brad Miller celebrated the opening of a new bus route last
year.  photo by Janelle Irwin  Officials for transit authorities
in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties are considering merging
the two systems to save money. Both PSTA and HART boards plan to
ask the Florida legislature to fund a detailed study of the
savings that would result from combining staff resources.  PSTA
and HART already split the cost of a preliminary state-mandated
coordination study. The boards will vote on a final list of
recommendations and funding requests based on the results at
their meeting next month. But for now officials think
consolidating high salary positions might be worth a closer
look. Steve Polzin is the vice chair of the HART board of
directors.  â€œItâ€™s really kind of the most senior person in
various functions across the agency t