MINUTES

 

 

 

 

Greater Waterbury Transit District

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

10:30 A.M.

Health Center of Greater Waterbury

177 Whitewood Road

Waterbury, CT 06708

 

 

 

Present: Doreen Pulisciano. Vice Chairman, Cheshire; JoAnn Cappelletti, Middlebury; Sally Schilke, Naugatuck; Robert White, Prospect; Carolyn Giguere, Thomaston; Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D., Chairman, Waterbury; Richard Fusco, Secretary, Watertown; Douglas Coley, Treasurer, Wolcott. COGCNV Staff: Sam Gold, 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., called roll, and greeted Robert White of Prospect to the board. There was a quorum by municipalities and by voting units. There were no public comments.

 

2.       Administrative Items

 

a.       Minutes of the September 20, 2005: On a motion by Richard Fusco, seconded by JoAnn Cappelletti it was unanimously

 

VOTED:   To approve the Minutes of the September 20, 2005 GWTD Meeting.

 

b.       Financial Report: Treasurer Douglas Coley reported for August the line items board expenses. The total board expenditures were $304.51. Revenue for Non-ADA Service was $2,000.00 and for operating budget was $553.00. Total Revenue was $2,553.00. Checkbook balance was $$16,967.57. For September 2005 board line item expenses were reported. The total board expenditures were $42.88. The revenue for operating budget was $2,644.00 and for Non-ADA service was $20,500.00. The Checkbook balance was $40,068.79. On a motion by Doreen Pulisciano, seconded by Richard Fusco it was unanimously

 

VOTED:   To accept the Financial Report for August and September 2005.

 

c.       Ridership and Service Report: See table below>

 

Summary of Ridership and Service Report FY 2005/2006

 

July

August

September

Operating Days

25 20/5

27 23/4

25 21/4

# of ADA Ridership

 4284

4640

4579

# of CDOT Ridership

 1885

2157

1997

# of Escorts

 0

0

0

# of PCAs

 147

 210

174

ADA%

 69.44

 68.27                                 

69.63

CDOT%

 30.56

 31.73

30.37

Denied Trips

 21

 13

82

Late Cancellations

 39

 38

35

No Shows

 106

 98

104

Missed Trips

 0

 0

0

 

 In September:

  • Days of service is 25, 21 weekdays, 4 weekend days
  • ADA Trips decreased
  • CDOT Trips decrease
  • Percentage the same 70/30 for ADA/CDOT
  • Denied Trips increase 
  • Late Cancellation the same
  • No Shows increased
  • Missed Trips the same

The decrease in Ridership may be due to the Labor Day holiday and decreased days of service. Questions on denied trips were asked and because of unavailability of a van in the area this occurs. With the new Dial-A-Ride matching grant we can reduce the number of denied trips.  Robert White will meet with TRAID in Prospect and talk to them about the matching grant.

 

d.       Correspondence

§         APTA Conference notices

§         CCM workshop on Grant writing for $35.00 in Woodbury (Doreen Pulisciano and JoAnn Cappelletti stated workshop are available for free with WCAAA and DSS)

§         Richard Fusco read the resignation letter from Yvonne Holland. ON a motion by Doreen Pulisciano, seconded by JoAnn Cappelletti it was unanimously

 

VOTED:   To accept the resignation letter from Yvonne Holland.

 

3.       GWTD Report

 

  • Federal Level: SAFETEA-LU has been authorized but how the money will be divided among the programs over the next four years is still being decided. A Continue Resolution was passed to fund FTA so they can pay their employees.
  • State Level: There will be a meeting to discuss the Municipality Matching Grant Program. A discussion on the matching grant occurred. Agreements with the municipalities for the Transit District to do a joint application.
  • Local Level: Middlebury has not paid its membership dues for financial budget FY 2005/2006
  • Yvonne Holland sent a letter of resignation from the board.
  • Robert DeZinno has missed more than three meetings in a row. He will resign due to health reasons.
  • Sent letter to Waterbury’s City Clerk to appoint a new board member.
  • Mr. Robert Cappelletti agreed to do the GWTD audit report for $900.00.
  • Next month the proposed FY 2006/2007 budget for GWTD has to be voted.
  • Discussion of the internet dial-up service and interfering with the telephone calls. The board decided to go with DSL to resolve this problem. Will keep AOL as provider.
  • In the Transit Access Report, they reported that FTA is reviewing curb-to-curb service vs. door-to-door service in the arena of reasonable modification.

MEETINGS

  • Bus Stop Signs: On September 22, 2005-Sam Gold of COGCNV gave an overview of Bus Stop Sign Project from start to today. The City of Waterbury Public Works is interested completing this goal of bus signs and had some suggestions.  Gold plans to meet with the traffic engineer and NET dispatcher to review any problem bus stops. Sam Gold stated he has approval for bus signs Waterbury and Wolcott.
  • Needs approval from Watertown, Middlebury and Naugatuck. He stated that at the Torrington Meeting held by P&A, the disabled population agreed that transportation is a major issue for them.

 

4.       Non-ADA Paratransit Service Report

The Ridership was down most likely due to the holiday and few days.

 

5.       North East Transportation Report

 

Maria Vaccarrelli had nothing to report. Doreen Pulisciano wanted to know how long a person is supposed to be on the bus. Maria Vaccarrelli stated NET had no rules. Smith-Isaac stated the ADA stated no longer then doubled the time it would have taken a fixed route bus to do the trip.

 

6.       Old Business

 

None

 

7.       New Business

 

None

 

8.       Next Meeting

 

The next meeting is on November 15, 2005 at the Health Center of Greater Waterbury at 10:30 a.m.

 

9.       Adjournment

 

On a motion by JoAnn Cappelletti, seconded by Douglas Coley it was unanimously

 

VOTED: TO adjourn the GWTD Meeting at 11:48 a.m.

 

Submitted by

Yvonne Denise Smith-Isaac, M.D.

Chairman

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