Region 11: 2014 Meeting Minutes (11/14)

HSTP Region 11

Quarterly Meeting Minutes

November 12, 2014

Attendees:

William Grogan	St. Clair Co. Transit
Todd Krebel	Human Support Services
Tammy Asbury	Gold Plate Sr. Program
Corky Longshore	Gold Plate Sr. Program
Shane Malawy	Perry Co. TransVan\Pinckneyville Ambulance
Kent McDermott	United Methodist Children’s Home
Patsy Lipe	Perry Co. TransVan\Pinckneyville Ambulance
Opal Koch	Washington Co. Sr. Services
Trudy Baxter	Epilepsy Foundation of Greater S. Il.
James Lane	Touchette Hospital
Madelle Dickerson	Senior Services of S. St. Clair Co.
Jesica Gentry	Monroe-Randolph Transit
Ladonna Richards	The Amy Center
Andrea Ramsey	Opportunities for Access CIL
Dan Boehmer	Comprehensive Connections
John Childs	5 Star Industries
Adam Lach	Rides MTD
Tracy Johnson	MedTrans
Jim Schnipper	SAVE
Debra King	Rides MTD
Steven Ward	Disabled American Vet’s #28
Ben Youther	Shawnee MTD
Maureen Mann	Shawnee MTD
Tiffany Morgan	Shawnee MTD
Mark Bollmann	Human Service Center
Van Anderson	Southern Il. CIL
Sherri Bassen	South Central Transit
Vicki Clift	South Central Transit

The quarterly HSTP Region 11 meeting, held at the United Methodist Children’s Home in Mt. Vernon, was called to order at 11:11am by Chairperson Mark Bollmann.  Introductions were done by members in attendance. 

The August 13, 2014 meeting minutes were reviewed.  A motion was made by Bill Grogan & 2^nd by Jim Schnipper to approve the minutes.  Motion carried.

Terri Finn provided the voting\endorsement information form for the Committee to review.  Terri explained that Region 10 has agreed to approve the form and it will be taken to the Region 9 Committee in December for approval.  This Committee agreed to accept the form in its current state.  This form should be completed by agencies in Region’s 9, 10 & 11 that will be applying for CVP funded vehicles and submitted to Terri prior to the voting meeting in May.

The next agenda item was nominations for the Committee positions of Chairperson,

Co-Chairperson, and Secretary.  Terri Finn read the names of those eligible to run for office and asked for volunteers or nominations.  Committee members nominated a slate consisting of James Lane for Chairperson, Jim Schnipper for Co-Chair and Ben Youther for Secretary.  Hearing no further nominations, a motion was made by Bill Grogan to accept the slate of nominees with a 2^nd by Maureen Mann.  Motion carried.

General Discussion:

·         Terri Finn announced that November is ‘Veteran’s Month’ and encouraged Committee members to provide free transportation services to all Veteran’s, if possible.

·         Information was provided on available resource information and trainings on infectious diseases at ntionline.com

·         Terri Finn shared information regarding the 2013 CVP vehicles, stating that light-medium duty vehicles are being orderd and should be delivered in January of 2015.  2014 CVP applications have been scored but further information will be released later.

·         IDOT has asked HSTP Coordinator’s to share marketing information and encourage all agencies to increase their PUBLIC transportation services marketing efforts.  During IDOT’s triennial review, this was an area that was found to need improvement.

·         The Committee spent time scheduling HSTP Committee meetings for 2015.  The next meeting will be held on Feb. 11^th with Sr. Adult Services in Carbondale hosting.  Other scheduled meetings will be May 13^th hosted by Shawnee MTD in Vienna, August 12^th,  and Nov. 18^th.

Motion was made by Bill Grogan and 2^nd by Jim Schnipper to adjourn.  Motion carried and      meeting adjourned at 11:36am.  

**Minutes approved at the February 11, 2015 quarterly meeting