The Morongo Basin Transit Authority Board of Directors will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the MBTA Operations Center on Verbena Road in Joshua Tree. After administrative and operations reports, the board will hold two public hearings on grant requests for more than $834,000 for operating assistance and the purchase of three new vehicles. The board will review the MBTA’s operating and capital budget, hear a presentation on unmet needs; and form an ad hoc committee for the search for a new general manager. The board will then go into closed session to the search for a new general manager.
