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The RTA Board of Trustees is under new leadership, months after the resignation of its previous longtime president. But the vote came after a surprise announcement from another candidate to lead the transit authority board.

Both Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough and Cleveland Chief of Government Affairs Valarie McCall had submitted their names for consideration as president.

Before the vote, Clough emphasized the importance of the Regional Transit Authority鈥檚 mission of serving its riders.

鈥淚t needs to be a safe ride, it needs to be quality service and we need to always be looking at ways to be more efficient but also to provide the quality services that our riders demand from us,鈥� Clough said.

Then McCall read her letter to the board for her nomination as either president or vice president. She said the transit system is now at a crossroads with a need for a permanent funding model.

But, McCall said, 鈥淚 believe we are not ready to ask the taxpayers to pay for a dedicated funding stream until we improve our current fiscal and managerial issues.

鈥淚 think we鈥檙e at a situation of mistrust,鈥� she added, 鈥渕istrust of one another at the board level, mistrust of us with our own respective leadership and executive staff and we should not be there.鈥�

She then withdrew her name from consideration, saying the board wasn鈥檛 taking its problems seriously.

McCall concluded her comments saying, 鈥滻 take my responsibilities serious, but I can鈥檛 say I want to lead where we don鈥檛 want to be leading together and following one another.鈥�

That left Clough unopposed.

鈥淲e have a lot of things to address within this organization,鈥� Clough said after the vote, 鈥渂ut I look forward to a positive approach to addressing those issues and to trying to deal with many of the challenges that we face.鈥�

Rev. Charles Lucas was elected Vice President. Each will serve a one-year term.

Clough has served as the board鈥檚 interim president since George Dixon resigned in March. An investigation found he had failed to pay health insurance premiums for decades.

The Board on Tuesday also voted to rescind its policy of providing health care coverage for its members.