MINUTES
Greater Waterbury Transit
District
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
12:00 P.M.
Castle Restaurant
143 Chase Avenue
Waterbury, CT 06704
Present: Doreen Pulisciano, Cheshire; JoAnn Cappelletti,
Middlebury: Sally Schikle, Naugatuck; Alice Ostapko, Prospect: Cynthia
Huger-Salcito, Waterbury; Michael Goodiel, Secretary, Waterbury; Ann LaPorta,
Waterbury; Yvonne Denise Smith, M.D., Chairman, Waterbury; Richard Fusco,
Treasurer, Watertown. COGCNV Staff
Present: Susan Forster, Senior Planner.
Guest: Jerry Casbolt, John Casolo, Kathleen Goodiel. Others: Allyn DeMaida, Waterbury
Mayor’s Aide; Esther Kovach.
Chairman Yvonne Smith opened
the meeting at 12:28 p.m.; welcomed new board member from Waterbury, Cynthia
Huger-Salcito; called roll and had others introduce themselves. A quorum by towns and voting points was present. There were no public comments.
VOTED: To approve the Minutes of the May 24,
2001, GWTD Board of
Directors Meeting.
b.
Financial
Report-Fusco reported on the Financial Report for May 2001.having a balance of
$924.74. On a motion by Ann LaPorta,
seconded by JoAnn Cappelletti it was unanimously
VOTED: To accept the Financial Report for May
2001.
c.
Ridership
and Service Report-Ridership for May 2001 showed an increase in ADA trips, a
decrease in Non-ADA trips, a decrease in Escorts and an increase in Total trips
for the month. Cancellations showed a
decrease.
d.
Correspondence
·
Letter
sent to Kathleen Goodiel in appreciation for being on the Board
·
Received
Invoice from NET for Non-ADA Ridership Service FY2001/2002
·
Letter
to IRS withdrawing status change
·
Received
COGCNV Agenda for June
·
Received
CPTC Agenda and Minutes
3.
GWTD Report
Chairman Smith reported the
following:
·
IRS-nonprofit
status is under 501(c) 3 and not (c) 1. Status change has been withdraw and
made request for reinstatement.
·
Vacancies-still
have one vacancy in Cheshire
·
CPTC
Policy on Replacement and Repair of Wheelchair- spoke to Chairman Riese and he
will send a copy of the policy when it is done.
Meeting:
·
Bus
Signs and Shelters-06/20/01-Meeting discussing the needs and the deficiencies a
signage in the Greater Waterbury area.
·
Job
Links-05/20/01-Contracts for FY2001/2002.
·
Tonight
TIA Meeting to elect a non-public representative.
Accomplishments
·
GWTD SURVIVE
·
We
own our equipment
·
We
avoided the shut down of Non-ADA Service
·
We
developed relationships between municipalities, Governor’s Office, the
legislature, ConnDOT, FTA, DMR and NET
·
We
will collect membership fees for Non-ADA Service that municipalities will
contribute
·
We
corrected the mislabeling of trips from Non-ADA to ADA in Cheshire
·
We
have ADA service into Greater New Haven
·
We
are involved with advocacy groups on public transportation
·
Involved
in regional transportation issues
4.
Web Site Report
Smith reported that the Web Site
is almost finished. We are waiting for
pictures for the site. Hopefully the
site will be up by the end of July.
5.
NET Report
No one from NET was present.
6.
Financial Budget for
FY2001/2002
Fusco deferred this to next
meeting.
7.
Elections of Executive
Officers for FY2001/2002
Goodiel stated the Nominating
Committee slate of Executive Officers is:
Chairman-Yvonne
Denise Smith, M.D.
Vice
Chairman-Carolyn Giguere
Secretary-Michael
Goodiel
Treasurer-Richard
Fusco
On a motion by Fusco, seconded by
Doreen Pulisciano it was unanimously
VOTED: To accept the
Nominating Committee slate of Executive Officers for FY2001/2002.
8.
Plans for FY2001/2002
Plans for FY2001/2002 include
collecting membership dues, keeping track of Non-ADA trips, Web Site, and
reviewing policies.
9.
Old Business
None.
On a motion by Fusco, seconded by
Goodiel it was unanimously
VOTED: To
suspend meeting at 1:00 p.m. to have lunch.
Chairman Smith reopened meeting at
1:44 p.m.
10. New Business
Presentation of plaques was given
to former board members John Casolo, Jerry Casbolt and Kathleen Goodiel in
appreciation of their service on the board.
11. Next Meeting
Next meeting will be September 27,
2001, at the Silas Bronson Library at 1:30 p.m.
12. Adjournment
On a motion by Fusco, seconded by
Cynthia Huger-Salcito it was unanimously
VOTED: To
adjourn the meeting at 2:00 p.m.
Submitted
By
Yvonne Denise Smith, M.D.
Chairman
For
Michael Goodiel
Secretary