Region 10: 2025 Meeting Minutes (1/21)

 

 HSTP Region 10

January 21^st, 2025

Meeting Minutes

 

Attendees:

Betty Cox	Clay County Rehab – Flora
Cory Young	Marion County Horizon Center – Salem
Darlene McCoy	Lawrence-Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens – Robinson
Dawn Lamp	Coleman Tri-County Services – Harrisburg
Gidget Simpson	CILA Corporation – Flora
Kevin Schreiber	Charleston Transitional Facility – Orland Parkway
Mark Auten	TRADE Industries – McLeansboro
Matthew Lingle	Lawrence-Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens – Robinson
Meredith Cornwell	Rides Mass Transit – Harrisburg
Michael Egbert	Opportunities for Access – Mt. Vernon
Nathan Nichols	C.E.F.S./Central Illinois Public Transportation – Effingham
Pete Niccum	Community Support Systems – Teutopolis
Tarcy Schmidt	Charleston Transitional Facility – Olney
Melissa Goode	C.E.F.S./Central Illinois Public Transportation – Effingham
Perry Cox	Illinois Dept. of Transportation – Edwardsville
John Althoff	Central Illinois Public Transportation – Effingham
Riley Anderson	Assistant Human Service Transportation Planning Coordinator – Salem
Terri Finn	Human Service Transportation Planning Coordinator – Salem

 

          I.            Call to Order: The quarterly HSTP meeting was called to order by Mark Auten at 11:02 a.m. The meeting took place via Zoom.

       II.            Introductions: All attendees introduced themselves and their agencies.

    III.            Approval of October 2024 Meeting Minutes: Chairperson Mark Auten asked everyone to review the minutes from the October meeting. No additions or corrections. Motion to approve by Meredith Cornwell, seconded by Nathan Nichols. The minutes were approved.

    IV.            Regional Plan 2022: Riley presented the Gaps and Needs with updates from the previous meeting. There were no new updates from the committee.

      V.            Regional Plan 2025: Riley discussed the draft of gaps and needs. Terri and Riley will send out the gaps and needs via email for discussion. The plan is open for comment until April 1^st. There was a discussion about same day service. CIPT offers same day service when drivers/vehicles are available. There is no guarantee for same-day in-town trips, in-town fixed routes are available. The committee also discussed concerns with MCO’s and the importance of advocating with DHS and HFS about poor MCO transportation.

    VI.            Transportation Concerns: There was no transportation concerns noted.

 VII.            General Discussion:

a.       IDOT updates: There were no new IDOT updates.

b.      Handouts/Resource Materials: Riley read through the handouts.

c.       Election of Officers:

                                                                i.      Chairperson: Matt Lingle

                                                              ii.      Vice-Chair: Cory Young

                                                            iii.      Secretary: Darlene McCoy

VIII.            Adjourn: Cory Young motioned to adjourn at 11:53 a.m. Nathan Nichols seconded the motion. The next meeting is April 15^th in Robinson.