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Antrim County Transportation Committee |
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Meeting Minutes October 6, 2006 |
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Present: Dawson, Howelman, McLeod, White, Rhoads. |
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Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. |
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Minutes of September 8 meeting were reviewed. |
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Correspondence was presented as follows: |
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Letter to MDOT requesting reimbursement of $1,132 for new bus equipment. |
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Letter to MDOT requesting reimbursement of $6,483 for facility improvements. |
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News article from the Antrim County Review regarding Antrim Co. Trans. Service. |
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Rhoads presented a letter along with related documents regarding renewal of the Master Agreement between MDOT and Antrim County Board of Commissioners. Motion by McLeod, support by Howelman to request that Jack White sign the documents and that the necessary resolution be presented to the Board for adoption at the October 12th meeting. All voting aye, motion carried. |
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Financial reports were presented including vouchers for October along with expense and revenue reports for September. In addition FY 06 Year End vouchers were presented. 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 an update on personnel issues: |
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Bob Daniels remains off work recovering from back surgery. |
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Due to the demanding schedule Rhoads will be seeking to add one more irregular part time driver to help out while Bob Daniels is off work. |
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Ridership reports were presented as follows: |
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Meadow Brook – 12 health rides in September with an invoice amount of $1,417. |
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Bellaire Schools – September invoice amount of $7,735. |
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General Ridership – total passengers for September was 4,716, a decrease of 643 compared to September of 2005. (There were 23 days of service in Sept.05, and 21 days in Sept. 06) |
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New business: |
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Rhoads indicated that he received a notice that the Grand Traverse Land Use Study group is planning to present an update at the Oct. 12th Board of Commissioners meeting. Rhoads will attend the Board meeting since he is the Antrim Co. representative on the group. |
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There was some initial discussion regarding obtaining some help for Rhoads to supervise the ACT operations in the event he is away for a period of time. |
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Next meeting is scheduled November 3, 2006. |
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Meeting adjourned at 9:35 a.m. |
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Transportation Committee |
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Minutes October 6, 2006 |
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Robert McLeod Gene Dawson, Chairman David Howe/man
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Members present: G. Dawson, R. McLeod, D. Howelman Others present: J. Strehl, J. White |
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Meeting opened: 10:00am Public comment: none |
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Minutes from the special meeting held on September 29 were reviewed. |
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Five Year Plan |
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J. Strehl presented the airports five year plan. Motion by B. McLeod to adopt the five year plan, support D. Howelman |
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Airport Closure |
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J. Strehl reported that the airport would have to be closed for four days during November in order for SRW Inc. to drill two gas wells on airport property. Motion by B. McLeod that the committee authorize the Airport Manager to negotiate loss of use. Support D. Howelman |
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Reports |
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J. Strehl presented expense reports for August & revenue report for September Motion by B. MeLeod to accept report support D. Howelman. |
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Meeting adjourned 10:45. |