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Antrim County Transportation Committee |
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Meeting Minutes July 7, 2006 |
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Present: Dawson, Howelman, McLeod, Rhoads. |
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Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. |
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Minutes of June 2 meeting were reviewed. |
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Correspondence was presented as follows: |
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Letter to MDOT requesting reimbursement of $4,945 for copier, fax, and shredder. |
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Letters received to date from Charter bus companies in response to ACT’s Charter notice: |
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Great NW Tour & Travel, Traverse City |
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Air Bear Travel, Cheboygan |
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Coastline Transportation, Manistee |
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Compass Coach, Cedar Springs |
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American Tour Club, Gladwin |
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Per federal regulations Rhoads will arrange to meet with each company to discuss their willingness and ability to actually provide service in Antrim County. |
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Financial reports were presented including vouchers for July along with expense and revenue reports for May. Motion by McLeod, support by Howelman to approve the vouchers and reports as presented. All voting aye. Motion carried. |
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Rhoads presented a memo from Dennis Windish indicating he will retire effective August 31, 2006. Chair Dawson will request that the Board of Commissioners prepare a letter of commendation for Dennis’ 23 years and two months of service as a driver for ACT. (Dennis started with ACT June 22, 1983.) |
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Ridership reports were presented as follows: |
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Meadow Brook |
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17 health rides in June with an invoice amount of $2,272. |
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One year summary (July-June) - 176 trips with $20,915 in revenue. |
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Bellaire Schools |
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June invoice amount of $3,485. |
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School year summary (05-06) - $55,628 in revenue. |
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General Ridership |
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Total passengers for June 2006 were 3,185, an increase of 809 over June 2005. |
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Rhoads provided an update regarding the Federal Transit Administration’s drug and alcohol program audit conducted June 28 at ACT. Comments from the audit will provide the basis for an update of ACT policies, procedures and collection methods to conform to new guidelines. |
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Next meeting is scheduled August 4, 2006. |
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Meeting adjourned at 9:50 a.m. |
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Transportation Committee Minutes – Airport July 7, 2006 |
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Robert McLeod Gene Dawson, Chairman David Howelman |
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Members present: G. Dawson, R. McLeod, D. Howelman |
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Others present: J. Strehl |
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Meeting opened: 10:12 a.m. |
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Public comment: none |
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Airport up-dates J. Strehl reported on: |
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Overlay project |
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ALP up date |
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RNAV RWY 2 Approach |
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FLY-IN |
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Monitoring equipment: J. Strehl presented quotes from Sound & Video Systems and Central Security & Electronics for the installation of a video recording system to monitor the airport’s entrance points. |
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Motion by R. McLeod to seek Finance Committee approval, supported D. Howelman. |
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Reports: Income for June and expense reports for May were reviewed. |
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Motion by D. Howelman to accept reports, support R. McLeod |