Memphis Area Transit Authority Funding

At a glance

Built from the official City Council minutes.

What: Capital funding and an interlocal agreement for the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA).
Where it stands: February 24, 2026: $7,041,500 moved from the Innovation Corridor BRT project and $1,200,000 more appropriated for the new operations and maintenance facility (11-0), and $523,231 appropriated for the bus facility (12-0). April 14, 2026: interlocal agreement approved 7-0 with four members not voting.
Next: Nothing further in the readable minutes.

GA03028 Innovation Corridor BRT: $7,041,500 in general obligation bond allocations transferred and appropriated.
GA03027 Central Station to GA03023 MATA New Operations and Maintenance Facility: $74,303.52 transferred; $1,200,000 more transferred and appropriated for GA03023.
GA03032 MATA Bus Facility: $523,231 in bond allocations appropriated.
The terms of the interlocal agreement are not in the minutes.

Resolution approving an interlocal agreement between the City and the Memphis Area Transit Authority (all districts; same-night minutes requested). Approved 7-0 with four members not voting.
- Motion Ford, second Spinosa. Ayes (7): Canale, Cooper-Sutton, Ford, Green, Spinosa, Walker, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Did not cast a vote: Carlisle, Logan, Smiley, White. Absent: Easter-Thomas, Warren.

Resolution transferring and appropriating $7,041,500 in general obligation bond funds from CIP project GA03028 (Innovation Corridor BRT), moving $74,303.52 from GA03027 (Central Station) to GA03023 (MATA New Operations and Maintenance Facility), and appropriating a further $1,200,000 for GA03023. Approved 11-0.
- Motion Ford, second Warren. Ayes (11): Canale, Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Logan, Walker, Warren, White, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Did not cast a vote: Spinosa. Absent: Smiley.
Resolution appropriating $523,231 in general obligation bond funds for CIP project GA03032, MATA Bus Facility. Approved 12-0.
- Motion Ford, second Warren. Ayes (12): Canale, Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Logan, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, White, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Absent: Smiley.