ADDISON, Texas — The Town of Addison decided not to call an election on whether to leave DART Tuesday night, declining to join four other North Texas cities set to ask voters about membership in the transit network next May.

The 4-3 vote came after more than an hour of public comment, the vast majority of which was opposed to calling a withdrawal election.

Addison said a study by consultancy firm EY showed a nearly $7 million deficit between the amount of sales tax revenue Addison sends to DART versus the value of the service it receives.

"It has not been even remotely a level playing field for the Town of Addison," said Council Member Dan Liscio.

Plano, Farmers Branch, Highland Park and Irving have all decided to ask voters in the spring whether to withdraw from the transit system

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