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Antrim County Transportation Committee |
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Meeting Minutes April 9, 2007 |
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Present: Dawson, Howelman, Allen, Rhoads. |
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Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. |
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Minutes of March 2, 2007 meeting were reviewed. |
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Rhoads presented the following correspondence: |
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Memo from MDOT indicating that the audit of FY04 expenditures was completed and ACT was overpaid by $3,939. Repayment will be accomplished by a reduction in the May and June Formula reimbursements. |
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Write up of an unannounced MIOSHA building inspection March 13, 2007. ACT is still awaiting the final report from Lansing; however, to date most of the areas cited have been corrected by ACT staff. |
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Financial reports were presented including vouchers for April, expense and revenue reports for the month of February. Motion by Howelman, support by Allen to approve the vouchers and reports as presented. All voting aye. Motion carried. |
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Rhoads presented an update on personnel issues: Lorne Marshall, full time driver, resigned effective March 8, 2007. ACT is planning to request permission to fill the position during the summer months. |
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Ridership reports: |
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Meadow Brook – Calendar year 2007 YTD report including trips and revenue was presented. Through March, 36 trips were conducted with revenue of $4,297. |
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Bellaire Schools – School Year 06-07 report was presented. The report indicated the following through March: |
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Early Childhood Program (ECP) - 242 trips with revenue of $6,075. |
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Special Education - 255 trips with revenue of $36,820. |
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Career Technical (TBA) - 131 trips with revenue of $10,560. |
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General ridership report – Total passengers for March, 2007 was 4,718, a decrease of 500 compared to March 2006. There were a number of snow days along with school and other event closings this March. |
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New business: Rhoads reported that the Mackinaw Trolley Company has recently expressed an interest in possibly purchasing the trolley. ACT is now prohibited from using the trolley for special trips on weekends or after hours. It currently gets very little use; only parades or occasional in-town trips which do not generate income. After considerable discussion it was decided to have Rhoads contact the Mackinaw Trolley Company and offer the trolley for $30,000. Rhoads will notify the Committee members by telephone of the trolley company’s response. |
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Next meeting is scheduled May 4, 2007. |
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Meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m. |
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Transportation Committee |
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Minutes – April 9, 2007 |
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Airport |
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Joseph Allen Gene Dawson, Chairman David Howelman |
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Members present: G. Dawson, D. Howelman, J. Allen |
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Others present: J. Strehl, Charles Hopkins AV Insurance, Don Walters, MMRMA |
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Meeting opened: 10:00 am |
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Public comment: none |
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Airport Updates: J. Strehl informed the Committee on: |
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Aviation safety seminar to be held on May 2nd |
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Great Lakes Energy right of way clearing |
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Airport report for the County master plan |
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Fuel Farm Bids: J. Strehl informed the committee that bids have been accepted and are currently being reviewed for award by Peckham Engineering. |
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Insurance review: Considerable conversation took place over the airport’s Owners & Operators liability policy, with input from representatives from AV Insurance & MMRMA. Motion by J. Allen to make recommendation to the full board to increase the airports hangar keepers’ liability coverage from 1 million limit any aircraft, 2 million limit any one occurrence to 2.5 million / 5 million, for an additional premium of $2,050.00. Support, D. Howelman. |
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Reports: J. Strehl presented revenue reports for March & Expense reports for February. Motion by D. Howelman to accept reports, support J. Allen. |
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Meeting adjourned 11:30 a.m. |