MINUTES

 

 

 

Greater Waterbury Transit District

Thursday, February 27, 2003

10:30 A.M.

Wolcott Town Hall

Council Chambers

10 Kenea Avenue

Wolcott, CT 06716

 

 

Present: JoAnn Cappelletti, Middlebury; Sally Schilke, Naugatuck; Carolyn Giguere, Vice Chairman, Thomaston; Sheena Maynard Waterbury; Ann LaPorta, Waterbury; Yvonne Denise Smith, M.D., Chairman, Waterbury; Richard Fusco, Treasurer, Watertown; Kim Hunt, Wolcott.  NET Staff: Barbara Kalosky, Maria Vaccarelli.  COGCNV Staff: Laurel Stegina, Senior Planner.

 

 

  1. Roll Call, Introductions, Public Participation

 

Chairman Yvonne Smith called the meeting to order at 10:37 a.m., called the roll and introduced others.  A quorum by municipalities and voting unit was present.

There were no public comments.

 

 

  1. Administrative Items

 

    1. Minutes of January 23, 2003: On a motion by Kim Hunt, seconded by Carolyn Giguere it was unanimously

 

VOTED:         To approve the Minutes of January 23, 2003.

 

    1. Financial Report: Treasurer Richard Fusco asked if there were any questions on the Financial Report spreadsheet and there were none.  Chairman Smith stated that the year to date report on expenditures showed 39.81% Available Funds left in this fiscal year budget.  On a motion by Ann LaPorta, seconded by Kim Hunt it was unanimously

 

VOTED:         To accept the Financial Report for January 2003.

 

    c.   Ridership and Service Report: Smith reported that there were 26                                                                  service days.  There were 4283 ADA Trips and 2003 Non-ADA Trips.  Both ADA and Non-ADA Trips increased in January.   Denied, Late Cancellations and No Shows Trips decreased.

d.      Correspondence

Letter on February 27, 2003 was received which stated that              Richard Fusco resigned as Treasurer.

 

  1. GWTD Report

 

  Board of Directors vacancies from the municipalicities of Naugatuck and Waterbury

  On a motion by Carolyn Giguere, seconded by Sheena Maynard it was unanimously

 

VOTED:         To accept the resignation letter of Michael Goodiel as Secretary.

 

  On a motion by Carolyn Giguere, seconded by Ann LaPorta it was unanimously

 

VOTED:         To accept the resignation letter of Richard Fusco as Treasurer.

 

  The Transportation Committee of Connecticut General Assembly decided not to pass any bill that has a monetary amount attach to it.  Sheena Maynard stated she received a letter from Rep. D’Amelio acknowledge the problems of the Dial-A Ride Service and will keep it in mind.  Smith stated that participants in the letter signing received acknowledge letters from their legislators.

  COGCNV Board of Directors voted to pass GWTD Membership Dues for both Financial Budget and Non-ADA Ridership Service for FY 2003/2004 on February 14, 2003

  Acting Commissioner James F. Byrnes, Jr., has been appointed Commissioner of the Department of Transportation

  The Task Force to look into Curb-to-Curb Service has expanded its scope and is waiting for approval from new Commission of the Department of Transportation

  The US Congress has passed an appropriation of $7.2 billion for Transportation for FY 2003.  President Bush signed the bill.

  Made a handout for GWTD

  Renewed Domain Name for 2 years for $50.00. Domain Name is gwtd.org.

  Website has had over 3200 hits.

  Have a copy of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT) response to CPTC Comments and Recommendations

  Have a copy of the 2003 Master Transportation Plan

  Have a copy of COGCNV Annual Report 2001-2002

 

Meetings

  January 21, 2003 –CGA Transportation Committee Public Hearing

  February 14, 2003-COGCNV Board of Directors Meeting-GWTD Membership Dues pass for FY 2003/2004 for Non-ADA Ridership Service and Financial Budget FY 2003/2004. Discussion on Homeland Security and Emergency Response Plans for the future occurred.

  February 24, 2003-Bus Steering Committee Meeting-Discussion on the Bus Study performed by COGCNV and Michael Sanders of ConnDOT discuss   ion on the Public Transportation Budget status.

  February 26, 2003-CACT Women’s Legislative Breakfast-Discussion on the Public Transportation Status occurred.  A copy of the presentation was handed out to the board members and Chairman Smith urged them to read it so they can speak to the elected officials about the funding problems of Public Transportation.

 

  1. Non-ADA Ridership Report

 

There were no questions on the Non- ADA Ridership Data.  Board members who requested a list of the Non-ADA riders received it in their mailed out package. 

 

  1. North East Transportation Report

 

Smith stated that after re-certification there was a total of 632 clients in the Paratransit system.  Barbara Kalosky stated that North East Transportation would receive five new mini-vans in May.  She reports on the problems that the Paratransit system is having because of the large amount of snow this year.  North East Transportation Paratransit has revised their Curb-to-Curb section in the Paratransit Handout to be more specific.

 

  1.  Elections of Vacant Executive Officers

 

On a motion by Carolyn Giguere, seconded by Ann LaPorta it was unanimously

 

VOTED:   To elect Richard Fusco as Secretary for the unused time remaining for FY 2002/2003.

 

On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Carolyn Giguere it was unanimously

 

VOTED:   To elect Kim Hunt as Treasurer for the unused time remaining for FY2002/2003.

 

7.      Old Business

 

None.

 

8.      New Business

 

None.

 

9.      Next Meeting

 

Next meeting will either be in Prospect or Waterbury at 10:30 a.m.

 

10. Adjournment

 

On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Carolyn Giguere it was unanimously

 

VOTED:         To adjourn the meeting at 11:24 a.m.

 

 

Submitted by

Yvonne Denise Smith, MD

Chairman

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