Transit Manager Wayne Thompson presented the 2026–31 Transit Development Plan and 2025 annual report, highlighting stable fares, lower diesel use, ridership below 2019 levels, a $20 million facility proposal, and goals to restore service and study a regional Moscow‑Pullman option.

City staff asked council to authorize applications for two state grant programs to fund design and NEPA for a proposed Pullman transit facility (estimated design/NEPA cost $3,000,850). Council approved resolutions to apply for both a State Bus & Bus Facilities grant and a WSDOT consolidated grant.

Council approved resolutions to apply for a WSDOT grant to buy a senior-center van ($115,000 estimate, 10% local match) and authorized applications for multi-year paratransit and fixed-route operating grants plus a capital request for two 35-foot battery-electric buses with a 10% local match.

A Pullman transit driver told the board that some student trips to Lincoln Middle and Baldwin High have been overcrowded and disruptive — including an incident involving Axe spray — while transportation staff detailed recruitment, backup driver training and a vehicle fleet that includes three electric buses.