MINUTES

 

Greater Waterbury Transit District

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

10:30 A.M.

The Health Center of Greater Waterbury

177 Whitewood Road

Waterbury, CT 06708

 

 

Present: JoAnn Cappelletti, Middlebury; Sally Schilke, Naugatuck; Robert White, Prospect; Carolyn Giguere, Thomaston; Ann LaPorta, Waterbury; James Secula, Waterbury;

Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D., Chairman, Waterbury; Richard Fusco, Secretary, Watertown; Douglas Coley, Treasurer, Wolcott. COGCNV Staff: Michael Flood, Regional Planner. NET Staff: Maria Vaccarrelli.

 

 

 

1.       Roll Call, Introductions, Public Participation

 

Chairman Yvonne Smith-Isaac called the meeting to order at 10:45 a.m. and attendees introduced themselves. Chairman Smith-Isaac welcome new board member from Prospect, Robert White. There was a quorum by municipalities and voting units. There were no public comments.

 

2.       Administrative Items

 

a.       Minutes of the June 15, 2004 Annual Meeting: On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Douglas Coley it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To approve the Minutes of June 15, 2005 Annual Meeting.

 

b.       Financial Report: Treasurer Douglas Coley reported for June 2005 that the expenses for GWTD Budget were $657.11. NET expenses were $4,834.00. The total expenditure was $5,491.11. Check Book Balance was $1,389.84. On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Sally Schilke it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To accept the Final Financial Report for FY 2004/2005.

 

Treasurer Douglas Coley reported for July 2005 the total board expenses were $234.56. Check Book Balance $14,719.39. On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Sally Schilke it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To accept the Financial Report for July 2005.

           

             Carolyn Giguere is now the bookkeeper. Expenses will be record on the month it occurred and not on the month it was paid.

 

c.       Ridership and Service Report: See Tables below.

 

 Summary of Ridership and Service Report FY 2004/2005

 

June

Total

Operating Days

26 22/4

 307 257/50

# of ADA Ridership

 4899

57398

# of CDOT Ridership

 2178

24967

# of Escorts

 2

 10

# of PCAs

 200

 1544

ADA%

 69.21

69.69

CDOT%

 30.79

 30.31

Denied Trips

 23

 230

Late Cancellations

 36

 311

No Shows

 91

 932

Missed Trips

 0

1

 

Summary of Ridership and Service Report FY 2005/2006

 

July

August

Operating Days

25 20/5

27 23/4

# of ADA Ridership

 4284

4640

# of CDOT Ridership

 1885

2157

# of Escorts

 0

0

# of PCAs

 147

 210

ADA%

 69.44

 68.27                                 

CDOT%

 30.56

 31.73

Denied Trips

 21

 13

Late Cancellations

 39

 38

No Shows

 106

 98

Missed Trips

 0

 0

In response to Carolyn Giguere question, Maria Vaccarrelli stated that all the cancelled, late cancelled and no show trips are booked and would receive transport. In effect the total Ridership numbers would be increased.

 

d.       Correspondence

 

3.       GWTD Report

 

  • Federal level: Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act-A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) was passed and signed by the President. SAFETEA-LU is funded to $283 billion for the four of the six years remaining for this act. Connecticut Department of Transportation will receive $3 billion, about a 20% increase. Transit will receive $486 Million over four years, $120 million per year and Highway will receive $2.5 billion for five years. There is funding for New Freedom and decrease funding for Job Access.
  • State level: CGS 13b-38bb was passed and funded up to $5 million. This is the matching grand for municipalities for coordinated Dial-A-Ride service. The implementation of the grant is not yet formulated.
  • Local level: Membership dues have been collected from member municipalities except Middlebury. Middlebury plans to pay soon.
  • Updated the information in the Connecticut State Register and Manual (The Blue Book)
  • Sent fax to Waterbury City Clerk about appointment terms for Waterbury board members.
  • Carolyn Giguere has been reappointed.
  • Yvonne Holland will be resigning for personal reasons. Have someone to take her place.
  • Need Audit for FY 2004/2005. On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded Ann LaPorta by it was unanimously

 

VOTED: To authorize the Chairman to enter into an agreement to hire an auditor.

 

  • Have started receiving the Transit Access Report.
  • Bus Steering Committee on Bus Stop Signs will be on September 22, 2005 at COGCNV Office at @ p.m. A discussion of bus stops on state roads occurred.
  • Easter Seals Project Action is having a workshop on Mobility Planning Service Team. Carol Belaforti of JobLinks asked me to join the team. I am declining. I have received information from Easter Seals about this program already.
  • Website is updated with picture of board members from Annual Meeting.
  • GWTD has domain name, gwtd.inf, this was free for six months. Board agreed not to keep the extra domain name.
  • Request that NET place information about Medicare Part D on paratransit vehicles.

MEETINGS

  • P.A.T.H.S. (Plan for the Achievement of Transportation Coordination inhuman Services)-August 16, 2005 in Bridgeport. Yvonne Smith-Isaac and Sam Gold attend. They wanted to know what the problems were, what the positive were and what works in other places to improve public transportation.

Route 73 Meeting: Route 73 will become 5 lanes. There were plans to remove bus stops. ConnDOT, Waterbury Public Works, NET, COGCNV and GWTD met to look at plans and to have an input on decision-making.

  •  Statewide Disability Public Forum in Torrington. Did not attend but did survey online. Sam Gold attended. Sponsored by P&A.

 

4.       Non-ADA Paratransit Report

 

This fiscal year North East Transportation will receive $35,000.00. This is based on ½ the one way fare from trips taken during the first four months of FY 2004/005 times three for each municipality. This January and February had a lot of snow days and the numbers of trips were reduced. The drivers are paid if they come to work even if there are reduce trips. I can not wait to the end of the fiscal year to decide what the membership dues are because the municipalities make their budget at the beginning of the year.

 

5.       North East Transportation Report

 

Maria Vaccarrelli had nothing to report.

 

6.       New Business

 

None

 

7.       Old Business

 

None

 

8.       Next Meeting

 

The next GWTD Board Meeting is October 18, 2005, at 10:30 a.m., at the Health Center of Greater Waterbury.

 

9.       Adjournment

 

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

 

VOTED: To adjourn the GWTD Meeting at 11:55 a.m.

 

 

Submitted by

Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D.

Chairman

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