Southern Illinois HSTP

Meeting Minutes for Region 10 HSTC Meeting

Time: 1pm
Where: Olney Public Library
8 people representing 8 Agencies attended
Organization Name

The agenda was presented

• Fleets and quality of Maintenance was discussed. Provider’s report having trouble getting replacement vehicles quick enough.
• Many vehicles spend a lot of time down and needing minimum of 5000 dollars a year in maintenance.
• A member stated again that State and Federal government need to replace vehicle quicker or come up with a better system for replacement requirements.

Common road blocks to Coordination:

A member stated that he is cooperative where there is need and it is feasible
CEFS is still in tight spot providing transportation on tighter dollars but will still do what is need to provide the transportation needs of Effingham County
Finding pools of applicants not hard
Finding quality drivers that will stay is difficult. Most providers tapping retired, secondary income market
Pay is usually slightly above minimum wage with some as high as 14 dollars per hour

Gaps in Service

Evening/Weekend service has been suggested many providers are attempting pilot routes.
Report funding is an issue but more pressure of night and weekend trips is growing. Especially in Saline county
Still would like to have more technology and better software
Trips to larger metro areas can be a large drain on Transit agencies
That some fair is still too high to provide job access to DD and Elderly on consistent basis
Hospital and other service providers need more education
Better promotion of Services, but on advertisement dollars
Better coordination of trips to save money of providers, but has improved
Many providers would like to see a coordination website but report lack of use a an issue