Mediation under way to work out Trailblazer differences
Members of the Trailblazer Transit Joint Powers Board from McLeod and Sibley counties showed a willingness to sit down with their counterparts from Wright County Area Transit (WCAT) to try to save a partnership in the local transit system.
WCAT, late in 2016, served Trailblazer with a letter announcing its intent to withdraw from Trailblazer and start its own system within a year because of ongoing dissension amongst the board members.
The McLeod and Sibley representatives met with attorney Frank Madden, a labor attorney and negotiations specialist, in a mediation workshop Wednesday, Feb. 15.
Madden had a similar session with WCAT on Feb. 8, and a joint mediation between representatives from the three entities — WCAT, McLeod and Sibley counties — is slated for March 8.
Read the full story in the Feb. 22 edition of The McLeod County Chronicle.