MINUTES

 

 

 

Greater Waterbury Transit District

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

10:30 A.M.

The Health Center of Greater Waterbury

177 Whitewood Road

Waterbury, CT 06708

 

 

Present: Doreen Pulisciano, Vice Chairman, Cheshire; JoAnn Cappelletti, Middlebury, Lynn Donovan, Naugatuck; Sally Schilke, Naugatuck; Carolyn Giguere, Bookkeeper, Thomaston; Ann LaPorta, Waterbury; Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D., Chairman, Waterbury; Rose-Ellen Theriault, Waterbury, Richard Fusco, Secretary, Watertown. COGCNV Staff: Michael Flood, Regional Planner. NET Staff:  Maria Vaccarrelli, Supervisor. Guest: Sheryl Gormyard; Bill Gormyard.

 

 

 

1.       Roll Call, Introductions and Public Participation

 

Chairman Yvonne Smith-Isaac called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m. and called roll. A quorum was presented by municipalities and by voting units.

 

Sheryl Gormyard, a disabled Cheshire user of the NET Paratransit, addressed the board about her problems with the Paratransit. These problems consist of:

§         Being dented multiple times for Non-ADA paratransit trips to Prospect for doctor’s appointment

§         Misinformation about ADA Paratransit Trips reservations from NET drivers and reservationists

§         Reservationists hang up the telephone abruptly

§         Denied ADA Paratransit Trip

Chairman Smith-Isaac and Maria Vaccarrelli explained some of the Paratransit Policies to Mrs. Gomyard. Chairman Smith-Isaac told Mrs. Gomyard to keep a record of her scheduling for trips. She was told about the new transportation service that is expected to start this summer. Doreen Pulisciano stated that Mrs. Gomyard is not the only one complaining about the service. What are the problems, no buses and/or no money and who can resolve these problems? Mr. Bill Gomyard a Cheshire Senior Center bus driver stated that some of his passengers have similar complaints and will not use the NET Paratransit. Doreen Pulisciano asked Maria Vaccarrelli which times are best to book a Nom-ADA Trip. Chairman Smith-Isaac asked for the break down of how many Demand trips verse Subscriptions trips are done for Non-ADA paratransit per month for each municipality. Told her to ask for a supervisor if have problems booking her trips. They requested the ADA Paratransit regulations. We thanked Mr. and Mrs. Gomyard for coming.

 

2.       Administrative Items

a.       Minutes of the April 19, 2006 Meeting: On a motion by Ann LaPorta, seconded by JoAnn Cappelletti it was unanimously

 

VOTER: To approve the Minutes of the April 19, 2006 GWTD Meeting.

 

b.       Financial Report:  Chairman Smith-Isaac stated the March 2006 Financial Report needs to be amended because two expenses were missing. The Total Board Expenses: $191.28, NET Expenses: $2,916.00, Total Expenditure: $3,107.28 and Balance: $14,799.59. On a motion by Ann LaPorta, seconded by Doreen Pulisciano it was unanimously

 

VOTED:    To accept the amended Financial Report for March 2006.

 

            Chairman Smith-Isaac reported on the April 2006 Financial Report- Total Board Expenses: $227.52, NET Expenses: $2,916.00, Total Expenditures: $3,143.52 and Balance: $11,656.07. On a motion by Doreen Pulisciano, seconded by Ann LaPorta it was unanimously

 

VOTED:  To accept the Financial Report for April 2006.

 

c.       Ridership and Service Report: See table below.

      Summary of Ridership and Service Report FY 2005/2006

 

March

April

Operating Days

27 23/4

25 20/5

# of ADA Ridership

 5029

 4502

# of CDOT Ridership

2405

1964

# of Escorts

0

0

# of PCAs

131

166

ADA%

67.65

69.62

CDOT%

32.35

30.38

Denied Trips

30

15

Late Cancellations

51

40

No Shows

107

88

Missed Trips

0

0

 

d.       Correspondence

 

3.       GWTD Report

 

  • Federal Level: DOT is seeking comments on eight ADA Issues which includes: Bus Rapid Transit, Rail key stations, Vintage trolley cars, High Speed rail service other than AMTRAK, Used vehicles purchased by demand-response operator, common wheelchair size and weigh, designated seating signage of priority and how trips should be counted by ADA paratransit providers
  • State Level: Transportation Budget passed
  • Have two vacancies on the board- Prospect and Cheshire
  • Credit cards credit report attached to Chairman personal line of credit. Called Platinum Plus to change this to GWTD name
  • D & B credit agency want money to gives GWTD a credit rating

MEETINGS

  • I-84& Route 8 Study-April 20, 2006: Decision on how to fix highway- built a new one
  • GWTD-Dial-A-Ride Committee Meeting- May 10, 2006: Trip Reservation Meeting

 

4.       Non-ADA Paratransit Report

 

Doreen Pulisciano had a question for Maria Vaccarrelli on a rider. Chairman Smith-Isaac stated that some municipalities receive more trips than others. Is this due to DMR subscription trips? Request that NET give me a breakdown of the number of Demand verse Subscription trips per municipality. Chairman Smith-Isaac will contact ConnDOT about this problem. Maybe there should be dedicated van for each municipality. Maybe there should be a fixed route bus to the surrounding towns. COGCNV should do a needs study for this issue. Michael Flood stated that a study to increase the service hours in Waterbury would be the study COGCNV would do.

 

5.       Dial-A-Ride Committee Report

 

  • Update: Waiting for Agreement from Connecticut Department of Transportation
  • People’s Bank account setup
  • OfficeMax charge account setup
  • Credit card account setup
  • Reservation and Denial Trip Sheets done by NET are ready
  • Budget for GWTD-Dial-A-Ride-  On a motion by Carolyn Giguere, seconded by Rose-Ellen Theriault it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To approve the GWTD Dial-A-Ride Program Budget FY 2007 as follows:

 

BUDGET FOR GWTD-DIAL-A-RIDE PROGRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES-ADMINISTRATIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITEMS

 

 

 

 

Liability Insurance

$5,000.00

 

 

 

Lawyer

$1,000.00

 

 

 

Bookkeeper

$5,500.00

 

 

 

Clerical

$3,000.00

 

 

 

Telephone

$250.00

 

 

 

Electricity

$120.00

 

 

 

Travel

$1,000.00

 

 

 

Advertisement

$100.00

 

 

 

Single Audit

$2,500.00

 

 

 

Banking Supplies

$300.00

 

 

 

Printing & Binding

$1,000.00

 

 

 

Office Supplies/Equipment

$2,000.00

 

 

 

Software

$700.00

 

 

 

Postage

$2,000.00

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

$594.80

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL

$25,064.80

$25,064.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES-

OPERATIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operator

$226,483.20

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL

$226,483.20

$226,483.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$250,648.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Contract for Bookkeeper/Secretary signed
  • Waiting for ConnDOT Agreement before Provider Contract can be written and sent to lawyer
  • Need to arrange to meet with municipalities in June to setup PCs for data transfers
  •  Will do a trial run with the municipalities on booking trips and giving them to North East Transportation

 

6.       North East Transportation Report

 

No problems to report.

 

7.       Annual Meeting

 

Annual Meeting date will be June 28, 2006. Douglas Coley will arrange the meeting and lunch at the Mad River Pub and Restaurant. On a motion by Doreen Pulisciano and seconded by Ann LaPorta it was unanimously

 

VOTED:  To invite as guests Michael Flood, Barbara Kalosky and Maria Vaccarrelli to the Annual Meeting Lunch.

 

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

 

VOTED:  To invite as guests Samuel Gold and Patricia Bauer to the Annual Meeting Lunch.

 

8.       Old Business

 

None

 

9.       New Business

 

None

 

10.  Next Meeting

 

The next meeting will be on June 28, 2006 at the Mad River Pub and Restaurant in Wolcott at 10:30 a.m.

 

11.  Adjournment

 

 On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Ann LaPorta it was unanimously

 

VOTED:  To adjourn the GWTD Meeting at 12:00 a.m. noon.

 

 

Submitted by

Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D.

Chairman

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