Staff reviewed START transit's 10-year finances and proposed multiple funding-split models—ridership, hours of service, tax base and a hybrid mix—then recommended postponing governance changes until regional transit planning progresses; discussion focused on federal funding declines and how different splits would affect town and county shares.

The boards directed staff to work with the Town, Teton Village Association and business community to identify at least $150,000 in short-term partner funding by Dec. 15, 2026, to offset fare increases or service cuts and to submit a 60-day proposal to create a joint Transportation Advisory Board and explore legislative concepts for a regional transportation agency.

The joint boards approved service reductions and a revised fare structure to close a projected FY27 shortfall; staff said the plan combines roughly $633,638 in service cuts and about $117,000 in new fare revenue, paired with a $750,000 supplemental allocation split 48% county / 32% town / 20% partners.

A transit director told Teton County commissioners and Jackson council members that a return to pre‑pandemic federal funding levels creates a roughly $1.5 million local shortfall and prompted staff to outline fare increases, local tax options and a public‑hearing timeline for possible service reductions beginning Oct. 1.

Planning staff and applicants described text amendments to the Teton Village Area 2 master plan that change transit-center triggers, reorganize public‑facility exactions, and preserve flexibility on transit‑center timing; council directed staff to forward comments to the county emphasizing continued stakeholder coordination.

Council approved using an additional $1,000,000 from 2022 transportation-alternatives SPAT funds for the Stilson Transit Center after staff said $1,000,000 of an earlier federal BUILD grant had been used for professional services.

START staff told joint boards that recruitment, housing and seasonal wages limit service expansion. They recommended suspending the underperforming airport shuttle, discontinuing a low-use village route, introducing a fare on the on-demand service and requesting wage increases to attract seasonal drivers; officials said federal grants fund 58% of START.