more buses won’t come cheap

You might be one of those Jefferson Citians who questioned why the city spent big bucks on a consultant for a conference center that never materialized. Now the council is discussing hiring an outside firm to look into the bus system …

City Administrator Steve Crowell (kroll) says it’s not cheap to run JeffTran. It’s costs about two and a half (m) – million dollars a year. He claims the one – dollar fare only covers about 10 – percent of the system’s costs.