Region 10: 2024 Meeting Minutes (10/15)

 

HSTP Region 10

Meeting Minutes

October 15^th, 2024

 

Betty Cox	Clay County Rehab – Flora
Gidget Simpson	CILA Corporation – Flora
Darlene McCoy	Lawrence-Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens – Robinson
Matthew Lingle	Lawrence-Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens – Robinson
John Althoff	Central Illinois Public Transportation – Effingham
Nathan Nichols	C.E.F.S./Central Illinois Public Transportation – Effingham
Mark Auten	TRADE Industries – McLeansboro
Cory Young	Marion County Horizon Center – Salem
Mike “Spud” Egbert	Opportunities for Access – Mt. Vernon
Angela Peyton	GWRPC – Albion
Tarcy Schmidt	CTF-Illinois – Olney
Pete Niccum	Community Support Services – Teutopolis
Shana Holmes	Southeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging – Mt. Carmel
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 11:00 a.m. Community Support Systems hosted the meeting in Teutopolis.

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

  III.            Approval of July 2024 Meeting Minutes: Chairperson Mark Auten asked everyone to review the minutes from the July meeting. No additions or corrections. Motion to approve by John Althoff, seconded by Cory Young. The minutes were approved.

  IV.            Regional Plan 2022: Riley presented the Gaps and Needs with updates from the previous meeting. The agencies were asked to give an update of what is going on with their agencies and how they are meeting the gaps and needs in the Regional Plan.

    V.            Regional Plan 2025: Riley presented the Regional Demographics/Charts to the group for opinions. Riley also presented the survey data from the Community, Existing Riders, and Agency surveys we have received thus far. Terri asked the agencies to take these back to their agencies and read the results and begin to think about what are gaps and needs are from the results and the strategies to work on these gaps and needs. 

  VI.            Transportation Concerns: It was mentioned that the group would be interested in hearing the complete number of surveys we have received for the 2025 Regional Plan vs. for the 2022 Regional Plan. Riley and Terri will bring that information to the next meeting. SI-AAA mentioned that there is not enough transportation available from Crawford to Mt. Carmel. That they would benefit from extending hours of availability/adding more buses/drivers in that area as there is a need for it. She also mentioned that Veterans in Clay County have complaints about transportation availability. CIPT mentioned that there are not enough drivers to add more hours to their routes. The route in Clay County ends at 5 p.m. It is difficult to hire drivers due to not being able to passing the drug test or making it past the training period. They have hired five drivers recently.

VII.            General Discussion:

a.       IDOT updates: There were no IDOT personnel in attendance. Riley informed the committee that CVP applications will be available in Spring/Summer of 2025, in the future vehicle disposition/transfers will go through blackcat and this should speed up the process, vehicle builds have begun for the 2022 CVP awarded vehicles. Minivans will be delivered sooner than the Light-Duty, Medium-Duty, Super-Medium Duty vehicles.

b.      Handouts/Resource Materials: Riley read through the handouts. The RTAC Spring Conference is March 4^th-6^th. There was a discussion about service animals regarding one of the handouts with information on what is and isn’t allowed with service animals. Next Move Illinois cards with information about the State Transportation Plan were handed out. Committee members are encouraged to complete the survey.

c.       Set Meeting Dates/Locations for 2025:

                                                              i.      January 21^st via zoom.

                                                            ii.      April 15^th will be hosted by Lawrence-Crawford in Robinson.

                                                          iii.      July 15^th will be hosted by CILA Corp. in Flora.

                                                          iv.      October 21^st will be hosted by CIPT or by Opportunities for Access.

VIII.            Adjourn: Mike Egbert motioned to adjourn at 11:39 a.m. Cory Young seconded the motion.