Thursday, March 28, 2002
Silas Bronson Library
237 Grand Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
Present: Robert Dezinno. Cheshire; JoAnn Cappelletti,
Middlebury; Ron Marciano, Naugatuck; Sally Schilke, Naugatuck; Alice Ostapko,
Prospect; Michael Goodiel, Secretary, Waterbury; Yvonne Denise Smith, M.D.,
Chairman, Waterbury; Richard Fusco, Treasurer, Watertown; Kim Hunt, Wolcott. NET
Staff: Barbara Kalosky.
1. Roll Call, Introductions, Public Participation
Chairman Yvonne Smith opened
the meeting at 1:37 p.m., called roll and introduced others. A quorum by municipalities and voting units
were present. There were no public
comments.
2. Administrative Items
a. Minutes of January 28, 2002-On a motion by Richard
Fusco, seconded by Kim Hunt it was unanimously
VOTED: To approve the Minutes of the January 28, 202, GWTD Meeting.
b. Financial Report-Fusco reported the balance at the end
of February was $895.33. All Membership
Dues for the Financial Budget FY 2001/2002 have been paid. On a motion by Hunt, seconded by Ron
Marciano it was unanimously
VOTED: To accept the Financial Report for March 2001.
c. Ridership and Service Report-Smith reviewed the
report stating that in the month of January ADA Trips were 4,317, up by 417
trips. And in February there were 4,064
ADA Trips, down by 253 trips. CDOT
Trips in January were 1,944, up by 195 trips and in February there were 1,775,
down by 169 trips. The ADA and CDOT
Percentage stood at about 70%/30% respectively. Cancellations were up in January and February. Denied Trips in January dropped by 50% but
increased by 50% in February. Late
cancellations have decreased over January and February. No Shows have increased over January and
February. The operating cost was high
in January due to premium payments for insurance. A discussion of the terms No Show and Missed Trip occurred. Barbara Kalosky stated that North East
Transportation (NET) was sending letters to violators of the No Show and Missed
Trip rules but not enforcing the sanctions.
d. Correspondence
Letter from James
Sanders, CDOT Operation Manager about Curb-to-Curb Service-CDOT will only cover
this type of service.
Letter from CDOT
informing us that James Sanders is retiring on March 28, 2002.
CPTC (Connecticut
Public Transportation Commission)- received Agendas and Minutes.
Received email and
postal mail from APTA (American Public Transportation Association).
Other important
mail to be discussed during meeting otherwise rest of mail was advertisements.
3. GWTD Report
o
Received a Staples tax
exempt card
o
COGCNV Board of
Directors voted to accept the GWTD Membership Dues for Non-ADA Ridership
Service for FY 2002/2003
o
GWTD website had 1,326
hits as of March 27, 2002 (online since August 2001)
o
Naugatuck and Wolcott
have Website now and there are links to them in GWTD Website.
o
GWTD website has links
to State legislators from member municipalicities and also links to the Transportation
Committee
o
NET Paratransit
Application is off the Website. Have
not received the new application yet.
o
Computer is working
well. Have visual accessible software
on it that belongs to Chairman Smith
o
Diane Donahue has
called and threatens to sue the GWTD Board of Directors over re-certification
application. Stating her rights are
being violated by asking for permission to speak with her physician. Spoke to Michael Sanders, ConnDOT; Barbara
Kalosky. NET; Mayor Michael Jarjura and his staff about this issue. GWTD Board of Directors has no liability
insurance or a lawyer. We are not
involved with the Kennedy Center or ConnDOT re-certification application form
or consulted with its contents.
o
Curb-to-Curb Service-
spoke to Michael Sanders and Ricardo Almeido of ConnDOT about this. Mr. Sanders stated that this DOT policy to
do what the ADA Paratransit states for all the Paratransit that DOT
controls. Joseph Spina, North East
Transportation (NET), stated they would continue doing Door-to-Door Service. They have insurance for this till June
30. The cost is not that much and it is
worth it. NET plans to continue
Door-to-Door Service after June 30.
o
New Freedom Initiative
is back. It is in the President’s
Transportation Budget for FY 2003
o
Ed Hoyt, assistant
director of the Northwest Region for DMR stated that the $40,000 has been
appropriated for the Non-ADA Ridership Service for this fiscal year. Has not been sent an invoice by ConnDOT yet.
o
Need a reappointment
letter for Kim Hunt of Wolcott
o
At the COGCNV meeting
in January, received a booklet of COGCNV municipalicities State Legislators
o
Have email support for
House Bill No. 5309 to restore transportation cuts and maintain existing
transportation to 30 Appropriation Committee members
o
Paratransit name,
GWTD, is being taken off. It will be
replace by CTParatransit, consistent with all ConnDOT owned vehicles.
Meeting
o
COGCNV Board of
Directors meeting-2/8/2002-voted to accept Membership Dues for Non-ADA
Paratransit Ridership Service for FY 2002/2003
o
Bus Steering Committee
Meeting-3/23/2002- Michael Sanders stated there would be no cuts in service are
fiscal year. That there is not enough
funding for FY 2002/2003 and there will probably be cuts. The 8% increase in funding will go to
administrative cost.
4. Non-ADA Ridership Service Report
Ridership is stable. So far had
a total of 13,808 trip for the eight member municipalicities and 14,202 total
trips. DMR has appropriated $40,000
that has not been billed by ConnDOT.
Waterbury has not paid its membership Dues for Non-ADA Ridership Service
and may not be able to pay until next fiscal year. Statements have been sent to Mayor Jarjura, the Controller,
Budget Manager Tom Ariola, and Allyn DeMaida.
Invoices for FY 2002/2003 for Membership Dues will be sent on April 1,
2002. Naugatuck will be sent an invoice
for $3,000 because N1 and N2 are still in service. Will email charts of Non-ADA
Ridership Service.
5. North East Transportation (NET) Report
Barbara Kalosky stated that the 10 new vehicles would arrive in
June. The next fiscal year budget does
not have enough funding. NET plans to
meet with ConnDOT before the end of this fiscal year to clarify their plans for
the next fiscal year concerning service.
NET plans to ask ConnDOT if they can increase the Non-ADA trip fare to
$3.00 a trip from $2.00 a trip. A
discussion on fare increase occurred.
6. Old Business
None.
7. New Business
Fusco discussed the Nominating Committee. The Annual Meeting activities will be arranged by the Nominating Committee.
The Chairman will appoint Nominating Committee next month.
8. Next Meeting
Next meeting April 28, 2002 at 1:30 p.m. at Silas Bronson Library.
9. Adjournment
On a motion by Hunt, seconded by Michael Goodiel it was unanimously
VOTED: To adjourn meeting at 2:51 p.m.
Submitted by
Yvonne Denise Smith, M.D.
Chairman
For
Michael Goodiel
Secretary