Provide 1 year of operating assistance 1 year of preventive maintenance and 1 year of transit planning

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded City Utilities Of Springfield $6,629,677 on July 23, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide one year of operating assistance, preventive maintenance, and transit planning.

Funds support driver salaries, administration salaries, fuel, and all eligible preventive maintenance and transit planning expenses for City Utilities Transit. The award enables the recipient to meet preventive maintenance standards, maintain rolling stock vehicles in a state of good repair, continue transit operations, and complete planning requirements. City Utilities Of Springfield requested a waiver to combine the required one percent security funding allocation with the 0.75 percent safety allocation to cover security contract reimbursement.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Place of performance is Missouri. The intended beneficiaries are City Utilities Transit staff and public transportation riders. No sub-recipients are identified in this award.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide 1 year of operating assistance 1 year of preventive maintenance and 1 year of transit planning. City utilities will request a waiver for the required 1% dedicated to security and combine IT with the .75% safety to cover the security contract reimbursement. The time frame of coverage for this grant will be covering the fiscal year beginning october 1 2025.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible preventive maintenance transit planning and operating expenses such as driver salaries administration salaries and fuel.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit city utilities transit to meet preventive maintenance standards continue to provide operations keep rolling stock vehicles in a state of good repair and ensure planning requirements are completed.

Intended beneficiaries

City utilities transit staff and the riders that rely on public transportation service will benefit from continued services.