The Greene County Transit Board (Greene CATS), a public entity, contracts out with First Transit, a private sector company, to provide the day-to-day operations of Greene CATS public transit services and the maintenance of Greene CATS vehicles used in the services. First Transit is an international operator of public transit services, with contracts throughout Ohio, the United States and Europe. Please click on the First Transit link (located elsewhere in this website).

On a daily basis, Greene CATS prepares the schedules for the drivers to follow, the fuel and vehicles to operate the service. First Transit employs 55 private sector personnel to provide the drivers, attendants, road supervision, dispatching, training, vehicle maintenance and overall operations management, to ensure that the service is run as specified in a safe, high quality manner. First Transit operates out of its leased facility at 1180 S. Patton Street, in Xenia.

In addition, as a large company with experience in a wide range of locations and situations, First Transit provides an important knowledge resource for Greene CATS to tap to help address various issues of service, operations, maintenance, customer relations, technology, management, etc.

Every several years, Greene CATS advertises nationally and locally to select its contract service provider. This competition and use of the private sector helps to keep down the costs and keep up the quality and innovation of the services that are operated.