The Bullhead Area Transit System (BATS) Commission held its regular meeting on Monday, August 3, 2026, at 5:30 PM in the Bullhead City Council Chambers. The meeting was called to order with all commissioners present, including Commissioner Hendrickson attending via Zoom. Key agenda items included public comments, approval of minutes, grant updates, a city council workshop report, and the launch of a short-range transit planning project.
Transit Program Updates (presented by Michael):
Commissioner Comments: A commissioner asked about contingency plans for bus breakdowns in extreme heat. Michael responded that backup vehicles are pre-checked daily and can be swapped out typically within 20–30 minutes, with mechanics on standby to minimize passenger inconvenience. No formal action was taken.
All right, welcome. This is the Bullhead Area Transit System Commission regular meeting Monday, eight August 3rd, 2026. Call to order, madam. All council members are present. Council Member Hendrickson is joining us tonight via Zoom. Are you with us? Sorry, my mic is really giving me issues here. Commission member Hendrickson, are you with us? I am here. Okay. Thank you. All right, excellent. All right, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. I don't see any presentations. Is that correct? All right. Uh call to the public. Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Harvey Pryor, and uh at the last city council meeting was informed that we don't really get people from the public to come give input, so I had to make sure somebody does come and give you input. There are a lot of things that we would like to see here in Bullhead City as far as the butt bats system. We've asked many many times if there could be another bus stop added right over here on the other side of Alanis Way, right next to where the new bat system is supposed to be getting their new home. If we can have the orange route stop at twenty-five eighty-five miracle mile, there's a bus stop right there as it's making its route the rest of the way around. If I have an eight o'clock appointment, it won't stop and drop me off. It'll go all the way up to the hub. Eight o'clock it leaves there and comes back this way. The bus sets out there for what 14 minutes doesn't go anywhere. In that same time, it could be making a stop over here on the Alanis. What's that gonna take? Two minutes off of that 14. It could stop right over here at the hospital. So now what? It's taking four more minutes off of that. It would be servicing a hospital. It's kind of ridiculous to think that people get out of an emergency room and got to walk over a half mile or a quarter mile to get to a bus. So please we've asked for these things. Can we start getting some results? Please. I understand you're finally getting a survey to check the north end of town to start servicing some of the apartments up there. I'm sure some of the kids that live in those apartments up there would be love to be able to get down here and participate at the boys and girls club during the summers and everything else. There's no transportation for a lot for a good portion of the town up there. Say there's no need for it, but been a while since anybody's ass. So thank you very much. Yeah, have yourself a beautiful day. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Any other seeing none? All right. Uh approval of the minutes. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the commission meeting held on May 11th, 2026.