Region 9: 2025 Meeting Minutes (3/13)

 

HSTP Region 9

March 13th, 2025

Quarterly Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Dale Deverick

Bond County Transit in Greenville

Wendy Settles

IMPACT CIL in Alton

Nathan Nichols

Central Illinois Public Transportation in Effingham

Eric Robke

Community Link in Breese

Felicia Voelkel

Glen Carbon Senior Center in Glen Carbon

Joe Domer

Madison County Transit/Agency for Community Transit in Granite City

Perry Cox

Illinois Department of Transportation in Edwardsville

Andrea Boda

Illinois Valley Rehab in Gillespie

Sherry Hicks

Fayco Enterprises, Inc. in Vandalia

Peggy Dunn

Macoupin County Public Transit in Gillespie

Mike Egbert

Opportunities for Access CIL in Mt. Vernon

Pam Jones

Senior Services Plus in Alton

Michelle Shrout

Senior Services Plus in Alton

Riley Anderson

Assistant Human Service Transportation Coordinator in Salem

Terri Finn

Human Service Transportation Coordinator in Salem

 

        I.            Call to Order – The Region 9 quarterly HSTP meeting was called to order at 11:06 a.m. by Chairperson Nathan Nichols.


     II.            Introductions – All of those in attendance introduced themselves and announced their agency as well as a bucket list item they have completed or would like to complete.


  III.            Approval of December of 2024 Meeting Minutes – No corrections noted. Mike Egbert made a motion to approve the minutes. Joe Domer seconded the motion.


  IV.            Regional Plan 2022 – The group discussed the updates from the previous meeting. No new updates were noted. This marks the end of updates to the 2022 Regional Plan.


    V.            Regional Plan 2025 – Riley Anderson presented the 2025 Regional Plan. It was open for comments until March 1st. The group discussed the gaps and needs that will be addressed in the next three years of working on this plan. Along with the coordination successes from the previous plan. There was a discussion regarding MCT expanding their microtransit service to Bethalto and Cottage Hills. Nathan Nichols made a motion to approve the 2025 Regional Plan. Peggy Dunn seconded the motion. The plan was approved. 


  VI.            Transportation Concerns – There was a discussion among committee members regarding road problems; potholes damaging their buses and making it difficult for riders to safely access bus stops.

At the RTAC conference, there was a discussion regarding issues with floor rotting. One public transportation agency uses fluid film to prevent rotting on an annual basis.

Some agencies have expressed interest in a meeting with only the 5310 agencies. There was positive feedback. Riley and Terri will bring this to the other two HSTP regions and reach out via email to everyone to secure a meeting date, location, details, etc.

There was a discussion on themed promotions and what the agency’s can do to promote their transportation services and engage potential riders. CIPT and MCT both offer free trips during the Christmas season and have Santa riding/driving the bus. CIPT also offers free trips on election day to the polls. Fayco does a “hop on transit” promotion during Easter.

MCO brokers have been calling public transportation providers to purchase passes for the beneficiary/rider for NEMT rather than paying the negotiated cost of the trip. This should not be done as the transportation provider incurs the cost of the trip and per Medicaid guidance the financial burden shouldn’t be on the transportation provider.

The IPTA conference is in Champaign-Urbana this year. It is the 50th anniversary of the conference. The dates are September 29th through October 1st.

 

VII.            General Discussion

a.       IDOT Update – Perry Cox shared that CVP vehicles are rolling out. Last week the contracts rolled out to agency’s that were awarded a 5310 vehicle. Once the agency has completed the contract and obtained insurance for the vehicle, the vehicles will start rolling out. 5311 applications are due April 1st.

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

c.       Election of Officers – Pam Jones from Senior Services Plus is the new Chairperson. Peggy Dunn from Macoupin Co. Public Transit is the new Vice-Chair. Andrea Boda from Illinois Valley Rehab is the new secretary.

d.      Next meeting is June 12th at 11 a.m. at South Central Transit in Centralia

 

VIII.            Adjourn – Sherry Hicks motioned to adjourn with Felicia seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 11:53 a.m.

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