Region 9: 2013 Meeting Minutes (5/30)
Region 9 HSTP Quarterly Meeting
Minutes
Thursday May 30, 2013
Attendees:
Sherry Brendel
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Jarvis Township Sr. Center
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Linda Vidmar
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Il. Valley Rehab.-Gillespie
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David Riegel
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FAYCO\Fayette Co. Board
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Kim Taylor
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FAYCO
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Sherry Hicks
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FAYCO
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Rachel Newsome
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Il. Center for Autism
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Bob Smith
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Il. Valley Sr. Center
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Chris Markel
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Beverly Farms
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Sheila Niederhofer
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South Central Transit
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Barb Nelson
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Community Link
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Stan Krushas
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Il. Emergency Management Agency
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Missy Kichline
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IMPACT, Inc.
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Rachael Pawlak
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East-West Gateway
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Susan Thomas
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ACT\MCT
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Joe Domer
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ACT\MCT
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Lisa Casterline
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Central Il. Public Transportation
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Kent Tarro
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Macoupin Co. Public Transportation
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Sara Berkbigler
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Main St. Community Center
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Jill Jones
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Bond Co. Transit
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Dennis Presley
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Rural Medical Transportation Network
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Terri Finn
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HSTP Coordinator
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The
meeting, held at the Jarvis Township Sr. Center, was called to order at 11:05
by Vice Chairperson, Linda Vidmar.
Minutes
from the March13, 2013 meeting were reviewed and hearing no changes a motion
was made by Susan Thomas and 2nd by Bob Smith to approve the
minutes. Motion carried.
The
next agenda item was the presentation of CVP applications. The following agencies were requesting CVP
vehicles:
·
Il. Center for
Autism
·
Il. Valley
Rehab.-Jerseyville
·
Il. Valley
Rehab-Gillespie
·
Community Link
·
FAYCO
Each
agency explained the need for the vehicles being requested, their coordination
efforts with other agencies and the proposed growth of agency services. Committee members completed voting forms and
the HSTP Coordinator later informed members that all applications were approved
and will be forwarded to IDOT for final review. 5311,
public transit providers, that were applying were: Central Il. Public Transit, Macoupin Co.
Public Transportation and South Central Transit. No voting is required for these applications
but the providers did inform the Committee of what they were requesting.
The next item was Coordination: Open Discussion. During this time Dennis Presley informed the
Committee of the RMTN’s services and programs which include: the Patient
Navigator Program and the 1 Call Center that is being established with New
Freedom funds. The service will cover
the Rt. 13 corridor with plans to expand.
During an update on expanding transit services to
rural St. Clair Co., Kent Tarro mentioned that he may be interested in
assisting with the same to occur in rural Madison Co. The process that St. Clair Co. has been going
through was explained to Kent and the Committee by Dennis Presley and Terri
Finn. Questions were asked by Susan
Thomas about the actual area MCPT would look at covering. Kent will be in contact with Dennis & Terri
for more details of how to proceed.
Stan Krushas gave an update on the severe weather that
is forecast for the next few days. He
warned members to be prepared when transporting clients, practice safety
policies and contact the local EMA directors for assistance as needed.
The next meeting will be on Sept. 12th at
the South Central Transit training center in Centralia at 11am.
A motion was made by Missy Kichline and 2nd
by Kent Tarro to adjourn. Motion
carried.
*Minutes
approved by Committee on September 12, 2012
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