Coast RTA hires Piascik as new GM
Recently worked in Dallas for URS Corp. serving as its transit group manager. He will work to get the agency off the ground in fiscal year 2016, which begins in less than two months, working with a budget he had no say in.
Coast RTA bus photo: James Willamor/Flickr
Coast RTA bus photo: James Willamor/Flickr
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Brian Piascik was hired as the new general manager of Coast RTA — an agency that has had a bumpy past with its last two CEOs fired, a failed bus shelter program prompting the repayment to the state of $75,000 annually for the next five years, and a tumultuous relationship with Horry County Council, its largest local funder, MyrtleBeachonline.com reported.
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Piascik recently worked in Dallas for URS Corp. serving as its transit group manager. He will make $140,000 annually and has quite a challenge ahead of him. He will work to get the agency off the ground in fiscal year 2016, which begins in less than two months, working with a budget he had no say in, according to the report.
Brian Piascik
Photo: Coast RTA
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