MINUTES

 

 

Greater Waterbury Transit District

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

10:30 A.M.

Health Center of Greater Waterbury

177 Whitewood Road

Waterbury, CT 06708

 

 

Present: Tom Hackett, Cheshire; Doreen Pulisciano, Treasurer, Cheshire; JoAnn Cappelletti, Vice Chairman, Middlebury; Lynn Donovan, Naugatuck; Sally Schilke, Naugatuck; Robert White, Prospect; Carolyn Giguere, Bookkeeper, Thomaston; Rose-Ellen Theriault, Waterbury; Ann LaPorta, Waterbury; Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D., Chairman, Waterbury; Richard Fusco, Secretary, Watertown. COGCNV Staff: Samuel Gold, Senior Regional Planner.

 

 

1.      Roll Call, Introductions, Public Participation

 

Chairman Yvonne Smith-Isaac called the meeting to order at 10:42 a.m., introduced the new Cheshire board member Tom Hackett and called the roll. A quorum was presented by municipalities and voting units. Rose-Ellen Theriault stated that she moved to Oakville. She sent a letter of resignation to the Board of Aldermen. She wants to continue to participate as part of the public. Chairman Smith-Isaac stated that she has not received a letter of resignation from Rose-Ellen Theriault and the board has not voted to accept her resignation. She will remain a board member until Waterbury finds a successor. The City of Waterbury will be contacted on this issue.

 

2.      Administrative Items

 

a.      Minutes of the Annual Meeting on June 28, 2006: On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Ann LaPorta, Tom Hackett abstaining, it was

 

VOTED:   To accept the Annual Meeting Minutes on June 28, 2006 subject to corrections.

 

b.      Financial Report: Treasurer Doreen Pulisciano reported for June 2006- Total Board Expenses was $1395.68, NET Expenses was $5832.00, and NET received $35,000.00 for the year. The Grand Total of monthly Expenses was $7227.68, Revenue was zero and the Check Book Balance was $1475.64. On a motion by Carolyn Giguere, seconded by Sally Schilke it was unanimously

 

VOTED:   To accept the June 2006 end of FY 2005/2006 Financial Report.

 

Treasurer Doreen Pulisciano reported for July 2006- Total Board Expenses was $338.81, NET Expenses was $2668.00, Total Expenses was $3006.81Total Revenue was $36,389.49, and Check Book Balance was $34,858.32. For August 2006- Total Board Expenses was $148.60, NET Expenses was $2668.00, Total Expenses was $2816.60, no Revenue and the Check Book Balance was $32,041.72. On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by Sally Schilke it was unanimously

 

VOTED:   To accept the Financial Reports for July 2006 and August 2006.

 

 Chairman Smith-Isaac stated that all membership dues were received in July and a table of membership dues is in your package.

 

c.      Ridership Service Report: See tables below for June, July and August 2006.

 

Summary of Ridership and Service Report FY 2005/2006

 

 

June

Total

Operating Days

 26 22/4

3090257/52

# of ADA Ridership

 4424

53775

# of CDOT Ridership

 2243

 24977

# of Escorts

4

 

# of PCAs

158

 

ADA%

66.36

 

CDOT%

33.64

 

Denied Trips

6

 

Late Cancellations

38

 

No Shows

101

 

Missed Trips

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Ridership and Service Report FY 2006/2007

 

MONTH

July

August

June

Operating Days

25 20/5

27 23/4

 

 

# of ADA Ridership

3749

4397

 

# of CDOT Ridership

1952

2309

 

# of Escorts

0

0

 

# of PCAs

150

173

 

ADA%

65.76

65.57

 

CDOT%

34.24

34.43

 

Denied Trips

7

10

 

Late Cancellations

33

34

 

No Shows

84

111

 

Missed Trips

0

0

 

 

d.      Correspondences: Information on conferences

 

3.      GWTD Report

 

§         Federal Level: Nothing to report

§         State Level: ConnDOT is starting to do the SAFETEALU Local Coordination of funding for the 5310, 5316 JARC and New Freedom Initiative Programs; ConnDOT is going to have a Workshop on the 511 Traveler’s Information Telephone Number for CT

§         Local Level: all the municipalities have paid their membership dues

§         Send certificate of appreciation for serving on the board to Yvonne Holland and Robert DeZinno

§         Spoke to HP about renewing service agreement for All in One Machine, expires March 2007, said to call back in March to renew

§         Audit- will give paperwork for audit report after receiving grant check because Peoples Bank only has a $100.00 and the bank fee for verification of account is $30.00

§         DMR will contribute $60,000.00 for Non-ADA paratransit for FY 2006/2007 in January 2007

§         Completed the Department of Administrative Services forms for FY 2007 Annual Goal Calculation for SBE/MBE. The Municipal Grant Program is exempt. NET I requested exemption of the Non-ADA membership dues and was granted all of the exemptions verbally. They are creating a form letter to send.

§         Website updated with new board member

§         Updated the Blue Book website.

§         Projects the Chairman is involved with: board work, GWTD Dial-A-Ride Program, I-84 Mixmaster Study, Waterbury and New Canaan Train Branch study, Bus Stop Sign Study, Multi-Modal Train Station Study, The 511 Traveler Telephone Information Workshop and the Local coordination of transportation service study, CACT

 

MEETINGS

§         ConnDOT Local Coordination Meeting- August 30, 2006-participant

§         TBS Public Hearing- September 6, 2006-testified

§         RPC Meeting- September 12, 2006

§         CPTC Public Hearing- September 13, 2006-testified

§         Waterbury Police Commission Meetings –went three times and they all were canceled because no quorum

 

NEXT MEETINGS

§         511 Travelers Information Telephone Number

§         SAFETEALU Local Coordination Meeting

§         GWTD Dial-A-Ride Meeting

 

4.      Non-ADA Paratransit Report

 

Membership dues collected for Non-ADA service totally $32,000.00. DMR will contribute $60,000.00. Chairman Smith-Isaac spoke to ConnDOT about the problem of the low numbers of Non-ADA demand trips. ConnDOT agreed to try and solve this problem. ConnDOT will give a 10% increase in the budget to deal with this problem. A discussion of this issue ensued.

 

5.      Dial-A-Ride Service Report

 

§         Atty. Mednick reviewed the ConnDOT/GWTD Agreement and found a problem under the insurance section. ConnDOT rewrote the insurance section for Transit District and state-owned vehicles. Signed these amenders. The charge for his services was $1098.00

§         North East Transportation Agreement with us has been signed

§         Have not received back the AG signed GWTD Agreement

§         Have requested H D Segur to redo the quote Officers and Honesty insurances since thirty days has lapsed

§         Spoke to ConnDOT fiscal department and discovered GWTD was not in the State core compute so no payment. Fill out the W9 and Agency Vender Forms. Three days after in the core computer and hope to get a check this week.

§         NET needs three weeks to start picking up clients. New drivers have to give two weeks notice and needs one week training.

§         Everything set to move once received check

§         Ordered checks from Intuit

§         Have reference number for grant check to be mailed today

§         Sent ConnDOT NET signed agreement

 

6.      North East Transportation Report

 

Barbara Kalosky and Maria Vaccarrelli could not attend the meeting because at computer class.

 

7.      Old Business

 

None

 

8.      New Business

 

None

 

9.      Next Meeting

 

Next meeting will be on October 18, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. at The Health Center of Greater Waterbury.

 

10. Adjournment

 

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

 

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

 

 

Submitted by

Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D.

Chairman

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