Governance
Spokane Transit is governed by a 9-member board of directors appointed by the municipal jurisdictions of which is it composed. State law requires that all members be elected officials.
Originally, the board consisted of 2 members from the City of Spokane, 2 members from the Spokane County Commission, 1 member from each of the Cities of Airway Heights, Cheney, Medical Lake, and the Town of Millwood, and one additional member alternately held by an official from the City of Spokane and Spokane County.
The City of Liberty Lake was incorporated on August 2001, and the City of Spokane Valley was incorporated on March 2003, necessitating a change in board membership. Now the board consists of:
- City of Spokane, 3 members
- Spokane County, 2 members
- City of Spokane Valley, 2 members
- The small cities, 2 members (combined)
The small cities of Airway Heights, Cheney, Liberty Lake, Medical Lake, and Millwood rotate membership in three-year terms:
- 2004: Liberty Lake and Medical Lake
- 2005: Medical Lake and Millwood
- 2006: Millwood and Cheney
- 2007: Millwood and Cheney
- 2008: Cheney and Airway Heights
- 2009: Airway Heights and Liberty Lake
- 2010: Airway Heights and Liberty Lake
- 2011: Liberty Lake and Medical Lake
- 2012: Medical Lake and Millwood (and so on...)
The small cities show remarkable cooperation, as a city councilmember from Liberty Lake served in 2006 at the request of the Millwood Town Council.
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