Editing Community Transit (section)

== Administration ==
[[File:Community Transit Merrill Creek bus base (16261412427).jpg|thumb|right|The Merrill Creek Operating Base in Everett, where Community Transit is headquartered|alt=A large, paved parking lot with buses parked in rows]]

Community Transit is administered by a nine-member board, composed of two members of the [[Snohomish County Council]], two elected officials from PTBA cities with populations of 30,000 or more, three elected officials from cities with between 10,000 and 30,000, and two elected officials from cities with less than 10,000, that meets monthly at their headquarters in [[Everett, Washington|Everett]].<ref name="Budget2025"/> The board is led by a non-voting chief executive officer, a position held by Ric Ilgenfritz since January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Watanabe |first=Ben |date=January 25, 2021 |title=Community Transit's new CEO looks beyond the pandemic |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/community-transits-new-ceo-looks-beyond-the-pandemic/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> CT adopted an operating budget of $248.6&nbsp;million for 2025; 75 percent of revenue is provided by a 0.9 percent [[sales tax]] within the PTBA, the maximum authorized for transit agencies under state law, while a combination of fares and federal funding comprise the remainder.<ref name="Budget2025"/> The agency employs 1,903.5 [[full-time equivalent]] persons, divided into eight departments.<ref name="Herald-Budget2025"/>

CT is headquartered at their Cascade Administration Building at 2312 W Casino Road in the [[Paine Field]] industrial area of South Everett, located south of the [[Boeing Everett Factory]]. The two-story facility opened in 2022 at a renovated industrial building.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hinchliffe |first=Emma |date=May 24, 2023 |title=Community Transit's new Everett HQ is designed to put people first |url=https://www.djc.com/news/ae/12156850.html |work=[[Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce]] |url-access=subscription |accessdate=March 4, 2025}}</ref> The {{convert|87065|sqft|sqm|adj=mid}} Merrill Creek operations building opened in 1997 and is the primary [[Bus garage|bus base]] for the agency's fleet of buses and vans.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 30, 1997 |title=CT's new base will be dedicated |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970630/2547238/cts-new-base-will-be-dedicated |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 5, 2014}}</ref>