Region 11: 2014 Meeting Minutes (2/12)

HSTP Region 11

Quarterly Meeting Minutes

February 12, 2014

Attendees:

Doug Wood	Human Support Services
Jesica Gentry	Monroe-Randolph Transit
Sheila Niederhofer	South Central Transit
Vickie Clift	South Central Transit
Randy Barrow	South Central Transit
Debra King	Rides MTD
Mike ‘Spud’ Egbert	Opportunities for Access CIL
Tommy Aubuchon	Epilepsy Foundation of Greater S. Il.
Jim Schnipper	SAVE, Inc.
John Childs	5 Star Industries
Tammy Asbury	Gold Plate Program
Corky Longshor	Gold Plate Program
Rachael Pawlak	East-West Gateway MPO-St. Louis
Kimberly Spears	Vintage Support Group
Mike Grawe	Support Systems & Service
April Blount	Challenge Unlimited\Residential Options
William Grogan	St. Clair Co. Transit
Patty Evansco	Millstadt Township Sr. Services
Valerie Jones	The H Group
Mark Bollmann	Human Service Center
Jeremy Biggerstaff	United Methodist Children’s Home
Dan Boehmer	Comprehensive Connections
Terri Finn	HSTP Coordinator

The quarterly HSTP Region 11 meeting, held at the St. Clair Co. Health Dept. in Belleville, was called to order at 11:13am by Chairperson Mark Bollmann.  Introductions were done by all attending. 

The meeting minutes from December 2013 were reviewed.  Motion made by Bill Grogan and 2^nd by Sheila Niederhofer to approve the minutes.  Motion carried.

Changes to the Region 11 HSTP Plan were reviewed.  Terri Finn had asked that further changes be emailed to her before today’s meeting, including the Provider Inventory’s for each provider.  Jesica Gentry suggested a goal, to the Gaps & Needs sections, be to educate providers that public transportation is for everyone not just client based services, elderly, disabled or low income.  A final draft of the Plan will be emailed to everyone before the next meeting so that the Plan may be approved at that time.

May is National Transportation Month.  The HSTP Coordinator provided flyers on various activities that could be done to promote transit.

The Jackson Co. Primer Process is currently at a standstill as the Jackson Co. Transit’s Director, Frank Mulholland, has resigned and was the Team Leader for the process group.    

Sheila Niederhofer updated the Committee on progress with MedTrans.  They have hired a Director and hope to be up and running in April.  They have office space on the SIU-C Campus.

Terri Finn informed the Committee that a new website that Mike Healy, CVP Section Chief, has developed to keep everyone updated on anything CVP, including vehicle deliveries.  The site is cvpupdates.wordpress.com.  Terri said that the 2014 CVP applications should be released soon and providers should receive an email of this notification\release date.  Grant applications and the process for applying will be done differently this year.  There will be an application training in Springfield in March and any agency planning to apply should send a staff person to the training.

Committee members were told that most likely the next quarterly meeting will be an endorsement voting meeting on CVP applications.  If members have not taken the OMA test on the Attorney General’s website, see Terri Finn for information.

The next meeting will be held on May 14^th. MRT will host in Sparta with the location to be announced soon.

A motion was made by Mark Bollmann and 2^nd by Bill Grogan to adjourn.  Meeting adjourned at 12:10pm.

Approved by Committee on 5\14\14