The County Board approved resolutions today authorizing the county to join the Metropolitan Transportation Area, enter into a joint powers agreement establishing the Counties Transit Improvement Board, and adopt a 0.25 percent sales tax that will fund expansion of metropolitan transit options.

The vote was 5-2 with Commissioners Mike Opat, Mark Stenglein, Gail Dorfman, Peter McLaughlin and Linda Koblick voting in favor of the resolutions, and Commissioners Randy Johnson and Penny Steele voting against.