MINUTES

 

ANNUAL MEETING

 

 

 

Greater Waterbury Transit District

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

10:30 A.M.

Morrone’s Restaurant

1986 East Main Street

Waterbury, CT 06705

 

 

Present: Doreen Pulisciano, Vice Chairman, Cheshire; Carolyn Giguere, Middlebury; Sally Schilke, Naugatuck; Robert White, Prospect; Carolyn Giguere, Bookkeeper, Thomaston; Ann LaPorta, Waterbury; James Secula, Waterbury; Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D., Chairman, Waterbury; Rose-Ellen Theriault, Waterbury; Richard Fusco, Secretary, Watertown; Douglas Coley, Treasurer, Wolcott. COGCNV Staff: Michael Flood, Regional Planner; Samuel Gold, Regional Planner; Patricia Bauer, Business Manager; Selma Alves, Secretary. NET Staff: Barbara Kalosky, General Manager, Maria Vaccarrelli, supervision.

 

 

 

  1. Roll Call, Introductions, Public Participation

 

Chairman Yvonne Smith-Isaac called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. and called roll. A quorum was presented by municipalities and voting units. There were no pubic comments.

 

  1. Administrative Items

a.       Minutes of the May 17, 2006 meeting: on a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by JoAnn Cappelletti it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To approve the Minutes of the May 17, 2006 meeting with the corrected spelling of Gormbard for Gormyard.

 

b.       Financial Report: Treasurer Douglas Coley reported for the May 2006- Board Expenses was $36.75, NET Expenses was $2,916.00, Total Expenditures was $2,952.75 and the Balance was $8,703.32. On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Sally Schilke it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To accept the Financial Report for May 2006.

 

c.       Ridership and Service Report: For May 2006 see table below.

 

Summary of Ridership and Service Report FY 2005/2006

 

April

May

Operating Days

25 20/5

 26 22/4

# of ADA Ridership

 4502

 4613

# of CDOT Ridership

1964

2266

# of Escorts

0

0

# of PCAs

166

185

ADA%

69.62

67.06

CDOT%

30.38

32.94

Denied Trips

15

10

Late Cancellations

40

39

No Shows

88

119

Missed Trips

0

0

 

d.       Correspondences: For conferences

 

  1. GWTD Report

 

  • Member ship dues for FY 2006/2007 are due starting July 1, 2006
  • Board has one vacancy from Cheshire
  • On a motion by Doreen Pulisciano, seconded by Douglas Coley it was unanimously except for the abstention of JoAnn Cappelletti

 

VOTED: To authorize the Chairman to enter into an agreement for Levitsky & Berney to do the audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 for $1,000.00.

 

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  • HP All in one Model 7110 had an IDS failure and HP sent us an upgrade All in one Model 7210 according to our service agreement. The service agreement has 200+ days left. I plan to extend this agreement.
  • We are receiving the Transit Access Reports.
  • Applied for a Staples credit card
  • The website price will remain the same at $219.43
  • Spoke to Barbara Kalosky and Mr. Michael Sanders about the lack of enough demand trips for Non-ADA paratransit. NET looked at the demand verse subscription trips and found the same data. There are more subscription trips and very few demand trips for each municipality. ConnDOT stated it would increase NET Non-ADA paratransit budget 10% like they are doing for other transit districts Dial-A-Ride programs. Will need to follow-up on this budget. The New Freedom Initiative will not start this coming fiscal year because of no consensuses of what to do. This program could help move some subscription trip over and free up Non-ADA paratransit for demand trips. Doreen Pulisciano stated Mrs. Gormbard transportation problems have improved.
  • Board members terms dates handed out at meeting

MEETINGS

  • GWTD Dial-A-Ride Committee Meeting-June 14, 2006

 

  1. Non-ADA Paratransit Report

 

 

No problems with the data for Non-ADA Paratransit.

 

  1. GWTD Dial-A-Ride Committee Report

 

§         Amend GWTD Dial-A-Ride Policies-The State of Connecticut owns all data generated from this grant and any information requested under the Freedom of Information law has to go to the State. Menorandum06282006 (1). On a motion by JoAnn Cappelletti, seconded by Douglas Coley it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To accept the amendment for the Policies for the GWTD Dial-A-Ride Program as follows: Any and all data collected or produced through this program is available exclusively from the State of Connecticut.

 

§         Hired Attorney Steven Mednick to review Agreements, GWTD will pay for ConnDOT Agreement and the Grant will pay for NET Agreement (after July 1, 2006 is NET Agreement)

§         The Agreement for the Municipal; Grant Program has been signed by me. Attorney Steven Mednick is reviewing the agreement. The Attorney General Office needs to sign it and then ConnDOT needs to sign it.

§         On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Doreen Pulisciano it was unanimously

 

VOTED: to accept the North East Transportation Company, Inc.\Greater Waterbury Transit District Agreement Number 0001(06) and any mutually agreed upon changes to the Agreement by our attorney and GWTD Chairman

 

§         On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Rose-Ellen Theriault it was unanimously

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VOTED: That the Chairman, Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D., or in her absence or inability to act, the Vice Chairman Doreen Pulisciano or their successors be and hereby are duly authorized on behalf of the Greater Waterbury Transit District to negotiate, sign and execute Agreement Number 0001(06) to obtain operational service from North East Transportation Company, Inc. for the GWTD Dial-A-Ride Program created from the State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation Municipal Grant Program for the Elderly and Disabled Demand Responsive Transportation CGS 13b-38bb for  the period starting July 31, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007 and any Amendments hereto.

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§         Signature cards for Wachovia Bank and Peoples Bank updating

§         Test run for reservations

§         On a motion by Doreen Pulisciano, seconded by JoAnn Cappelletti it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To authorize the Chairman to sign and execute Officers and Directors Liability Insurance Policy with the State of Connecticut listed

 

§         Copies of both Agreements (ConnDOT and NET) will be placed  on PDF and sent to Municipalities if all works well

§         Will do a guideline for reservations and data collection for towns

 

  1. North East Transportation Report

 

 

Barbara Kalosky reported some of the towns did the test run Dial-A-Ride reservations and they had a lot of errors. She explained the errors to the respected town and had Maria Vaccarrelli create a sample run. Another problem was the faxes were not clear due to double faxing. A clear copy will be provided.

The errors included: no address of destination, town of destination, group trip timing schedule. NET will send a package to the Dial-A-Ride members. Chairman Smith-Isaac asked Barbara Kalosky to come to the next Dial-A-Ride Committee Meeting on July 12, 2006.

 

  1. New Business

 

None

 

  1. Old Business

 

None

 

  1. Nominating Committee-Elections of Executive Officers for FY 2006/2007

 

Rose-Ellen Theriault of the Nominating Committee presented the slate of Executive Officers for FY 2006/2007. On a motion by Richard, seconded by Carolyn Giguere it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To accept the Nominating Committee slate of Executive Officers for FY 2006/2007 as follows:

 

Chairman

Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D.

Vice Chairman

JoAnn Cappelletti

Secretary

Richard Fusco

Treasurer

Doreen Pulisciano

 

 

  1. Next Meeting

 

 

The next meeting will be on July19, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. at the Health Center of Greater Waterbury.

 

  1. Adjournment

 

On a motion by Carolyn Giguere, seconded by Sally Schilke it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To adjourn the GWTD Annual Meeting at 11:44 a.m.

 

Submitted by

Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D.

Chairman

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