Kansas City, Missouri, runs the risk of significant changes to its bus routes if officials can't reach a deal with the Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) by mid-August.

The contract between KCATA and the city of KCMO should have been finalized months ago, but negotiations continue as both sides point to potential problems in the agreement.

"Good question. What is the issue? I am still not 100 percent clear," said KCMO City Councilperson Eric Bunch.

KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas recently appointed Bunch to the KCATA's board. Bunch says that in his position as a councilperson, he didn't know about contract and funding issues until months after the council passed ordinances and approved budgets.

When asked if there needs to be work on communication, Bunch acknowledged, "I think communi

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