Antrim County Transportation Committee

Meeting Minutes June 2, 2006

Present:  Dawson, Howelman, McLeod, White, Rhoads.

Also present:  Laura Sexton.

Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m.

Minutes of May 8 meeting were reviewed.

The FY 07 budget was presented including a request for a county appropriation of $106,700.  Approval was granted for the request.  Since the Transportation Committee formally approved the FY 07 Budget Application in February it was determined that there is no need for Rhoads to appear at the June Finance Committee meeting.

Correspondence was presented as follows:

Letter to Kalkaska County Road Commission supporting a grant request they are making to repair a bridge that ACT regularly uses.

E-mail to Senator Allen and Representative Elsenheimer urging their support for current or increased State level transit funding.

Letters to and from Brian Gutowski, Rural Task Force Chair, amending a previous grant to make facility and office equipment improvements.

Letter from MDOT indicating that ACT has been selected for an alcohol and drug program audit by the Federal Transit Administration.

Financial reports were presented including vouchers for June along with expense and revenue reports for April.  Motion by McLeod, support by Howelman to approve the vouchers and reports as presented.  All voting aye.  Motion carried.

Rhoads indicated that Dennis Windish will be retiring August 31, 2006.  Bob Daniels and Don Marshall may be off for an extended period of time due to potential surgeries. 

Rhoads presented plans for summer hours of operation which will begin when schools end.  Hours of operation will be reduced from 12 to11 daily, part time drivers will be released for the summer and three full time drivers will be reduced to 30 hours per week.

Ridership reports for May were presented as follows:

Meadow Brook – 14 Health Rides with an invoice amount of $2,220.

Bellaire Schools – invoice amount of $6,545.

General Ridership – total passengers for May was 4514; an increase of 980 over May 2005.

Rhoads presented an update regarding Federal special trip regulations using ACT buses.  After a thorough discussion Rhoads was directed by the Committee to move forward with the public participation process as described in CFR, Part 604.11 to determine the availability of “willing and able” private providers.  In the meantime current procedures regarding special trips will be followed.

Next meeting – July 7, 2006.

Meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m.

Transportation Committee, Airport

                    Minutes June 2, 2006

Robert McLeod                                              Gene Dawson, Chairman                               David Howelman                           

Members present: G. Dawson, B. McLeod, D. Howelman

Others present:       J. White, J. Strehl

Meeting opened:    10:12 a.m.

Public comment:    none

2007 budget review:     County Clerk Laura Sexton reviewed the Airport’s 2007 budget. J. Strehl asked that $66,940 be removed from capital out lay for 2007. He explained he is anticipating a grant to cover the replacement of the fuel hydrants. Motion by B. McLeod to accept the airport’s 2007 budget as presented, support D. Howelman.

Enterprise Accounting:   Thomas Zick briefed the committee on changing over the airport’s accounting to an enterprise fund. After considerable discussion, Motion by B. McLeod to direct J. Strehl to go to the Finance committee and ask if an enterprise fund could be established for the airport, with all revenues including oil & natural gas revenues recorded towards airport revenues. All natural gas & oil revenues would then be transferred to the County’s natural gas & oil reserve fund.

B. McLeod left the meeting

Airport up-dates J. Strehl reported on:

Overlay project

ALP up date

RNAV RWY 2 Approach

FLY-IN

Monitoring equipment:  J. Strehl presented a quote from Sound & Video Systems for the installation of a video recording system to monitor the airports entrance points in the amount of $4,381.00     Motion by          D. Howelman to approve, with the support of the Finance committee, support G. Dawson.

Reports: Income for May & expense reports for April were reviewed. Motion by D. Howelman to accept reports, support G. Dawson.

Meeting adjourned 11:15 a.m.