Region 11: 2021 Meeting Minutes (8/18)
HSTP REGION 11
August 18, 2021
MEETING MINUTES
Attendees:
|
Jimmy Leadingham |
Jackson Co. Mass
Transit-Carbondale |
|
Vicki Clift |
South Central
Transit-Centralia |
|
Sara Hodge |
South Central
Transit-Centralia |
|
Mark Bollmann |
Comwell-Red Bud |
|
Kari Docherty |
Spero Family Services-Mt.
Vernon |
|
Ashlee Lambert |
Caritas Family
Solutions-Belleville |
|
Robert Wilson |
Alternative Transportation
System (ATS)-Belleville |
|
Ron Gorst |
Shawnee Mass Transit-Vienna |
|
Ian Pierce |
5 Star Industries-DuQuoin |
|
Terri Finn |
HSTP Coordinator-Salem |
|
Attending via phone |
|
|
Lisa Donoho |
Comprehensive
Connections-Mt. Vernon |
|
Melissa Theiss |
East-West Gateway Council
of Governments-St. Louis |
|
Mario Fennoy |
JTC Academy-Centreville |
|
Charlene Hogan |
JTC Academy-Centreville |
|
Elizabeth Daniels |
Epilepsy Foundation of
Greater S. Il.-Belleville |
|
Jon Douglas |
LINC, Inc.-Belleville |
Call to Order: The quarterly HSTP meeting was called to order at
11:02 a.m., at Spero Family Services, by Chairperson Jimmy Leadingham.
Introductions: Each member in attendance introduced themselves, as
did those on the phone.
Approval of May minutes: There were no additions or corrections,
motion by Mark Bollmann, seconded by Sara Hodge to accept and approve the
minutes. Motion carried.
Transportation Concerns: Robert Wilson
announced ATS service updates including microtransit in the Belleville area,
Emerson Park station will have its open house with improvements that have been
made, expansion area to Fairmont City & Brooklyn, St. Clair Co. Transit
will have open bidding for electric vehicles.
Staffing problems were a hot
topic. Some agencies that are having
some success:
Shawnee MTD & Shawnee
Development are working together to get people hired.
Spero & Jackson Co. MTD
stated that they are offering sign on bonuses.
Caritas needs staff in all
positions.
It was also announced that
Helping Hands, non-emergency medical transportation provider that covered most
of S. Il., is no longer in business.
Regional Plan: Terri Finn provided the updates that she has been
working on. She provided members with a
contact list that she would like everyone to complete. The information needed would be of agency
contacts that members work with that would be willing to complete surveys that
address the gaps & needs of the region.
Surveys are to be sent out to
transportation providers, riders, service agencies and the community at large
as soon as contact lists are returned to Terri.
General Discussion:
CVP applications -
possibly available in 6 weeks
BlackCat system access is
moving along for all 5310 recipients to report to IDOT thru
Contact Terri for RTAC -IPTA
conference information
Next meeting, November 17th
at South Central Transit, 100 N. Locust
Adjourn: Motion to adjourn made by Kari Docherty and
seconded by Sara Hodge. Meeting
adjourned at 11:38 a.m.
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