CHARLOTTE — Channel 9 has learned who the next five members of the Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority could be.
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The Charlotte City Council voted on Monday on the picks from the mayor, the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, and the Foundation for the Carolinas.
A source told Action 9 Reporter Joe Bruno that those potential new members are Wyatt Dixon, Lucia Zapata-Griffith, Peter Pappas, Charles Bowman, and Christy Long.
City council members voted to approve Dixon, Zapata-Griffith, Pappas, Bowman and Long.
Frank Emory, David Howard, Todd Collins and Jocelyn Jones Nolley were also voted in.
The council will select three more members at a later date.
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