Region 11: 2024 Meeting Minutes (11/20)

 

 HSTP Region 11

Meeting Minutes

November 20^th

Attendees:

Jeffrey Drake	Rides Mass Transit District – Harrisburg
Patty Evansco	Millstadt Township Senior Center – Millstadt
Ron Gorst	Shawnee Mass Transit District – Vienna
Robert Wilson	St. Clair County Transit District/Alternative Transportation Systems – East St. Louis
Kari Docherty	Spero Family Services – Mt. Vernon
Brianna Gilson	Caritas Family Solutions – Belleville
Sherri Bassen	South Central Transit – Centralia
Jesica Gentry-Schlimme	Monroe-Randolph Transit District – Sparta
Mark Beare	Monroe-Randolph Transit District – Sparta
Ian Pierce	Five Star Industries – Du Quoin
Justyn Harvel	Arrowleaf – Vienna
Janee Baldwin	Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Illinois - Belleville
Randy Goldsmith	Human Support Services – Waterloo
Jimmy Leadingham	Jax Mass Transit - Carbondale
Darla Harris	Jax Mass Transit – Carbondale
Mark Bollmann	ComWell – Redbud
Terri Finn	Human Service Transportation Coordinator – Salem
Riley Anderson	Assistant Human Service Transportation Coordinator – Salem

 

Call to Order: The quarterly HSTP meeting was called to order at 11:02 a.m., by Chairperson, Jimmy Leadingham, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon. Spero Family Services was the host.

Introductions: All attendees introduced themselves and their agencies.

Approval of August 2024 Meeting Minutes: The minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed. No additions or corrections. Motion to approve by Brianna Gilson, seconded by Ron Gorst.

Regional Plan 2022: Riley Anderson presented the Regional Plan updates to the group. There was a discussion among the group of updates. Monroe-Randolph Transit District put out the RFP for the route study and it will be closing on December 2^nd. Rides Mass Transit District is expanding their fixed routes in Williamson County. Jax Mass Transit’s new website is live (ridejax.com).

Regional Plan 2025: Riley Anderson presented the Regional Demographics/Charts data for the Regional Plan. She made the updates to the charts based on the comments and opinions from the group at the last meeting. There was a discussion about including St. Clair County in the charts data. As St. Clair County has a large urban area and is already covered by East-West Gateway Council of Governments Human Service Transportation Plan. Terri Finn shared that the Regional Plan will discuss rural St. Clair County. Riley and Terri also shared the data from the surveys gathered and asked everyone to keep these copies and bring them back to the next meeting with your thoughts as we will be discussing the gaps and needs and the plan of action.

Transportation Concerns: No concerns were mentioned by the committee.  

General Discussion: IDOT Updates – As Dave Maziarz was unable to attend, Riley Anderson shared the IDOT updates that Dave provided. Zoe Keller is in Indiana looking at pilot models of light duty and medium vehicles. The pilot minivans will be complete in December. Please keep an eye out for communications from the CVP section. Reminder that annual certifications are due Wednesday, the 27^th. Riley Anderson will send out a reminder email to the agencies we haven’t received annual certifications from yet by Friday.

Handouts/Resource Materials – Riley Anderson went through the handouts.

Set Meeting Dates/Locations for 2025 – February 19^th via Zoom. May 21^st will be at ComWell in Redbud. August 20^th will be at the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Illinois in Belleville. November 19^th will be at South Central Transit in Centralia. We will be electing the new Chairperson, Vice-Chair, and Secretary in February.

Adjourn: Mark Bollmann motioned to adjourn at 11:57 a.m. and Kari Docherty seconded the motion.